Spending summers at a camp located in the back woods of Maine over-exposed me to maple syrup. On our drives up the east coast, we'd often stop somewhere in Vermont and load up on pure maple syrup. It became as welcomed at the table as ketchup or salt and pepper.  So, you can imagine the excitement as I opened up a nice care package from Mohawk Valley Trading Company filled with their homemade Raw Maple Syrup. Getting ready to make the candies using pure maple syrup I couldn't wait to come up with some more test recipes using the new sweet … [Read more...]