Allan Inman’s Orange Pancake Syrup

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup apple juice concentrate
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup corn oil margarine
• 1 orange, peeled and divided into sections

Steps

1. In a saucepan, combine the apple juice concentrate, orange peel and cornstarch. Gradually add the orange juice, stirring constantly.
2. Add the margarine and bring to a rapid boil.
3. Cook until the syrup is thickened and clear, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and stir in the orange sections.
4. Serve warm or cool over pancakes or waffles.

Notes

Judy Stevens of New Boston, Texas, remembered an orange pancake syrup her family bought at the Webb City store in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the 1950s. No one recalled the company, but readers sent recipes; this version is from Allan Inman of Salem, Oregon.

Sarah Vaughan’s simpler Orange Syrup from the same column is on its own page.

From a “Recipe Box” reader-recipe column in a farm magazine that Rosie Lee saved; the whole page is shown below.

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Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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