Rest assured, you can make a great elderberry syrup at home with just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time. This is especially true if you grow your own elderberries or keep your own ...

Here’s how to make cider syrup. If you want, you can multiply this recipe by a factor of four (to still fit in a 5-gallon stock pot and make about 8 pints, or a boiling-water-bath canner load ...

Grease this again on the inside on the base and sides to aid easy release ... sponge will become tough). Pour the syrup mixture into the prepared tin and make sure it has evenly spread out.