What Is Maple flavoring and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about maple flavoring and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 41 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using maple flavoring

There are 41 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Very Healthy Breakfast Waffles

Vegan oat almond waffles made in a blender with just six clean ingredients: raw almonds, quick oats, water, salt, vanilla, and maple flavoring. Egg-free, dairy-free, gluten-free if using certified GF oats.

Easy Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Easy butter pecan ice cream made with sweetened condensed milk. No eggs, no custard cooking. Maple-scented with toasted pecans, churned or no-churn methods.

Pumpkin Pie Tunnel Cake

Pumpkin pie tunnel cake with a hidden ribbon of pumpkin pie filling baked inside a buttermilk-bran bundt cake. Striking fall dessert with a creamy surprise center.

Easy Maple Apple Bread

Easy maple apple bread made with refrigerated crescent roll dough, chopped apples, walnuts, and a vanilla glaze. A shortcut pull-apart loaf with cinnamon-maple filling in every layer.

Fig Star Cookies

Fig Star Cookies feature a maple-scented shortening dough wrapped around a homemade dried fig filling with lemon and nuts. A vintage holiday cookie worth the effort.

Maple Flavored Smoked Turkey

Maple-flavored smoked turkey brined overnight in salt, brown sugar, maple flavoring, white wine, and spices. A two-stage process: smoke first for flavor, then roast to finish cooking.

Maple Rice Crisp Cookies

Cinnamon-spiced maple cookies rolled in crispy rice cereal with chopped nuts. A crunchy, unique drop cookie with a sweet maple flavor and cereal coating.

Longjohns

Classic Midwestern longjohns: rectangular yeast-raised doughnuts fried golden and topped with a cooked brown-sugar maple frosting. Old-school bakery comfort.

Meltaway Maple Crisps

Maple meltaway shortbread crisps blend butter, cake flour, and chopped pecans with maple flavoring into delicate, snowy cookies. Five ingredients, 7-minute bake, classic Christmas tin staple.

Maple Butter Spread

Maple butter spread made with just softened butter and maple flavoring. A two-ingredient compound butter for toast, pancakes, waffles, and warm biscuits.

Creamy Pralines

Old-fashioned Southern pralines with brown sugar, evaporated milk, pecans, and a touch of maple. Buttery, crumbly candy that melts the second it hits your tongue.

Chewy Coconut Bars

Golden coconut bars studded with walnuts and raisins, lightly sweetened with maple flavoring. Made with egg substitute for a lighter treat that bakes in 20 minutes.

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie

Maple pecan pumpkin pie layers spiced pumpkin custard with raisins and chopped pecans, topped with maple-scented whipped cream and toasted pecan halves. A Thanksgiving upgrade on the classic.

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie

Maple pecan pumpkin pie layers spiced pumpkin custard with raisins and chopped pecans, topped with maple-scented whipped cream and toasted pecan halves. A Thanksgiving upgrade on the classic.

Pumpkin Tunnel Cake

Pumpkin tunnel cake bakes a brown sugar buttermilk-bran bundt with a hidden ring of spiced pumpkin filling running through the center. Lower-fat with egg whites and oil.

Praline Ice Cream

Southern praline ice cream rich with brown sugar, salted toasted pecans, and a whisper of maple. A churn-freeze custard base that tastes like a butter pecan ice cream raised on bourbon and good manners.

Banana French Toast-Low-Cal

Low-calorie banana French toast made with egg substitute and reduced-calorie bread, topped with vanilla yogurt and pan-seared banana slices. A lighter brunch that still satisfies.

Maple Walnut Brownies

Maple walnut brownies made with brown sugar, melted butter, and maple flavoring for a blondie-style bar with a caramel-like chew. Studded with walnuts and dusted with powdered sugar.

Apple Fritters

Deep-fried apple fritters with diced apples in a simple egg batter, served with a homemade maple-brown sugar syrup. Crispy outside, tender and fruity inside.

Chocolate Maple Nut Bars

Chocolate maple nut bars with a shortbread crust, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and a gooey maple-sweetened condensed milk nut topping. Rich and chewy.

Pumpkin Vermont Spice Cake

Pumpkin Vermont spice cake with four warm spices, split into four layers and frosted with maple-flavored cream cheese frosting. A stunning fall celebration cake topped with pecans.

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Dense, moist brown sugar pound cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with maple flavoring and chopped pecans. A full package of brown sugar gives this Southern-style cake its deep caramel richness.

New Duchess Spice Cake with Maple Buttercream F

Duchess spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves topped with maple buttercream frosting. A warmly spiced buttermilk layer cake with old-fashioned charm.

Maple Butterscotch Brownies

Maple butterscotch brownies (blondies) packed with brown sugar, walnuts, and warm maple flavor. Chewy New England-style bar cookie with a caramel-rich crumb and dense, fudgy center.

Doughnuts with Maple Frosting

Pillowy homemade yeast doughnuts cut into sticks, fried golden, and coated in a cooked maple-brown-sugar frosting. Light-as-air maple bars with a rich, fudgy glaze, made from scratch.

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