Winter is losing its grip and we're heading into what maple producer Janet Woods of Hurry Hill Farm calls "mud season." The ground is starting to thaw, and wet precipitation will make a special kind ...

Cooking oil if using candy molds. If you are using a baking pan, you can use wax paper instead of cooking oil. Half a cup of pure maple syrup (make sure it is not imitation syrup!) If you're enjoying ...

Making a maple candy recipe requires little more than natural maple syrup, a bit of butter or oil, and a standard candy mold. If you crave the sweet maple candies sold at tourist shops, you need not ...

Maple trees may turn into blazing beauties in the fall, but their other high season is in March. That's when the sap starts to run and is collected for maple syrup (it takes about 40 gallons of sap to ...

Pure maple syrup contains minerals like manganese and zinc, plus over 50 bioactive compounds that may offer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Replacing refined sugar with maple syrup may ...