Homemade Pancake Syrup

Here is a recipe for home made pancake syrup that will end up costing you about $1.75 for 3 cups of syrup.I realize this is more than the cheapest syrup I can find - Roddenberry's Northwood Syrup, but this one contains no high fructose corn syrup and that is very important to me.

Pancake syrup:

2 1/2cups white sugar

2 tsp molasses

1 cinnamon stick

1 cup water

1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine everything but vanilla. Bring to a boil and boil for three minutes. Add vanilla and pour into jar. Store in refrigerator. Tastes great on pancakes and french toast. 

If you like maple syrup add 1/2 tsp maple flavoring or 1/4 cup maple syrup to cooked syrup mixture.