Delicious and usually easy recipes using New York food. Some come from the Bryn Brooke Manor kitchen, some from restaurants or farm markets. We carefully select our recipes from a variety of reliable sources, including my mother!
This is the simplest of recipes, calling for only two ingredients. Don’t even consider making these festive nuts with anything other than pure maple syrup.
That sticky brown stuff sold as “pancake topping “ is primarily corn syrup and will never sugar correctly– making a mess and wasting good nuts. Properly made, Maple Sugar Nuts are a wonderful holiday [...]
Many of the recipes in Savor New York books come from cooks who “neveruse recipes”, preferring to cook by intuition. Once you’re comfortable with ingredients and basic processes, “throwing a dish together” is creative, enjoyable time spent in the kitchen.
This classic bread pudding is a perfect example of cooking creativity. Maple sugar may be substituted for brown sugar, dried [...]
This recipe is a sure favorite for breakfast or brunch. It can be prepared the night before to help make a busy morning less manic, and it uses two New York favorites – blueberries and maple syrup. Wonderful blueberries are available in late July or early August.
French Toast
12 slices good quality white bread
Two 8-ounce packages [...]
Chewy oatmeal cookies are just about everyone’s favorite. These are so easy - no creaming butter and sugar, no measuring and sifting flour, no adding leavening or spices. Simple and quick, yet they are absolutely homemade.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large mixing bowl, beat together thoroughly:
2 sticks (one cup) very soft butter
1/2 cup pure [...]
A candy thermometer is helpful when making this recipe.
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup apple cider
2/3 cup pure New York maple syrup
½ cup butter
1 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 quarts warm popped popcorn
1 cup peanuts (any type)
1½ cups small dried fruit – cherries, blueberries, cranberries, etc.
Spread popcorn in a large pan, either buttered or coated with cooking spray. [...]
Genuine maple syrup and real butter make these brownies, or more accurately, “blondies,” sumptuous in their own right. Used as a base for this New York State sundae they are incomparable.
Brownies
1 cup butter
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup pure maple syrup*
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream [...]
If you’ve never tried real baked beans (i.e. not out of a can) treat yourself to these rich, substantial favorites, so popular in neighboring New England. The long, slow baking time allows the maple syrup and other ingredients to deeply imbue the bland beans with flavor. Perfect on a winter day when the additional heat from the oven is [...]
This dense, flavorful bread is delicious toasted and slathered with New York maple cream, spun honey, or butter for breakfast, tea, or after school snacks.
The more robust flavor of dark maple syrup is preferred for baking. This bread machine adaptation does most of the work for you.
Liquids
1¼ cups skim milk
3/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup cooking oil
2 [...]
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 egg
Stir together in a mixing bowl and then add:
1 cup SNY Pancake Mix
1/2 cup quick oats
2 tablespoons melted butter
Mix together to desired consistency, adding more milk if necessary. Ladle batter onto hot oiled griddle, flipping when bubbles begin breaking on surface.
Finish cooking the second side, then serve hot with butter [...]
3/4 ounce Maple Syrup
3/4 ounce dry gin
1 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce bourbon
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled glass. Rim the glass with maple sugar for an especially nice touch.
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