Sugar and Snow

Name: Sugar and Snow
Yield: Makes 1½ cups
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 6 scoops vanilla ice cream; 3½ ounces sweet butter; ¾ cup pure maple syrup; ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon water; 1 cup sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

This dessert, created in honor of the maple syrup season, is based on a local Vermont treat in which hot maple syrup is poured onto fresh Vermont snow and eaten immediately. For those who have not had that pleasure, try this dessert.

Serve with Hazelnut Shortbread.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon water

Americas
United States
Vermont
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the sugar and ¼ cup of water in a heavy-bottomed saucepot. Dissolve the sugar over low heat. Increase the heat to high and cook the sugar until it is a golden-amber color. Slowly and very carefully stir in the maple syrup. Be cautious, as it will bubble when it is first added.

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