Best Maple Recipes for Spring

With the melting snow comes maple season in New England, when we find ourselves craving all things topped or made with delicious pure maple syrup — from our favorite creamy maple walnut ice cream recipe to our best baked beans with maple syrup. Here’s a collection of some of our favorite maple recipes from the Yankee Magazine archives.

Best Maple Recipes For Spring

No-Bake Maple-Walnut Cheesecake Bars

These creamy maple-walnut cheesecake bars are an easy no-bake dessert. Just press the graham-cracker-and-walnut crust into a pan, let it chill, and make an easy filling with cream cheese, yogurt, and whipped cream. 

Maple-Soy Glazed Salmon

This easy maple-soy glazed salmon is a favorite year-round recipe with just four essential ingredients. The salty-sweet marinade is made with soy sauce, maple syrup (or honey), and minced garlic, and works beautifully with salmon, tuna, and Arctic char.

Overnight Maple-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls

Yeast-raised rolls always take a bit of time, but one bite of these pillowy, warm-from-the-oven rolls, filled with brown sugar and cinnamon and lavished with a toffeelike glaze made with real maple syrup, will convince you it’s time well spent.

Chewy Maple Nut Bars

The combination of sweet brown sugar, crunchy pecans, and pure maple syrup in these chewy maple nut bars is tough to beat.

Maple-Sriracha Glazed Chicken Wings

Here’s a New Englander’s take on hot wings (hint: there’s maple syrup involved). The chicken wings are tossed in salt, pepper, and garlic powder to boost their flavor, then basted with sriracha, maple, and soy sauce.

Maple Gooey Butter Cake

Featuring a caramelized base layer with a creamy, ooey-gooey top, this sweet Midwestern classic recipe for maple butter cake bars shines during New England maple season.

Whole-Wheat Cranberry-Maple Scones

Maple syrup adds sweetness, cranberries bring welcome tartness, and whole-wheat flour lends a nutty flavor and a pleasing heartiness to these maple cranberry scones.

Homemade Maple-Walnut Ice Cream

This delicious homemade maple walnut ice cream recipe gets its rich flavor from two simple steps: Concentrating the maple syrup by simmering it for 10 minutes and toasting the walnuts.

Maple Grape-Nuts Pudding

We love this maple-kissed version of the New England diner classic. What could be better than a dense layer of sweet and nutty “cake” topped with smooth and creamy custard?

Maple Barbecue Ribs

A long, slow roast allows these reader-favorite ribs to melt into tenderness, while a final brush with a maple-sweetened sauce brings them to lacquered perfection.

Slow-Cooker Maple Baked Beans

Sweetened with maple and molasses, these homemade baked beans with maple syrup are both delicious and easy to make.

Maple-Walnut Layer Cake with Easy Maple Frosting

This towering cake is a real old-fashioned treat, as delicious as it is charming. Sour cream and toasted walnuts give it a rich, nutty flavor; the maple syrup gives it a warm, sweet finish.

What are your favorite maple recipes?

This post was first published in 2017 and has been updated. 

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