Recipes

Mock Maple Sirup

Recipe No. 656 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Miscellaneous. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412

Serves 1 gallon.
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 656 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Miscellaneous. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Ingredients

  • Sugar, brown — 6 pounds (4½ No. 56 dippers)
  • Water, boiling — 2½ quarts (2½ No. 56 dippers)
  • Vanilla — as needed

Directions

  1. Add sugar to boiling water; stir until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Heat to boiling point; boil 10 minutes or until a thin sirup is formed, without stirring. Remove from heat.
  3. Add vanilla; cool.

Notes

SCALED TO 8 SERVINGS (the original is ÷12.5): Sugar, brown — 7⅔ oz Water, boiling — 12¾ tbsp Vanilla — to taste

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 656, Miscellaneous. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.