This Oreo lasagna is a favorite because it has layers of cookies, pudding, and Cool Whip.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 3 cups |
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup fresh elderberries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 cup honey
Instructions
- Combine water, elderberries, ginger, cinnamon stick, and cloves in a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Mash berries with a potato mixture to release juices. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve, retaining juice and discarding pulp, cinnamon stick, and cloves. Let cool for 30 minutes.
- Stir in honey until thoroughly combined.
- You can substitute simple syrup or agave nectar for the honey.
- Try blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries instead of elderberries. If you don’t have fresh elderberries, you can use 1/2 cup of dried elderberries.
Reviews
Followed exactly as written. Too thin, too much honey. Maybe sitting in fridge might thicken it . Next time I’m halving the honey and water.
Love this. So healthy for the family. You can make it thinner and just drink it straight up. Keeps well if you can it too.
Don’t throw away the pulp. Get some ice cube trays and fill up each cube with the pulp. Freeze until solid. I take each cube and wrap in plastic wrap. You don’t have to do that if you don’t want to. I keep all the cubes in a freezer bag. To make Elderberry tea, I use 1 cube per 2 cups of boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes. Strain before drinking. Throw elderberry pulp away in compost. I add honey to my tea.
Mine was really thin not thick and syrup like when I purchase it. Followed recipe.
I thought this recipe was really great and I’m happy with the way it turned out I ended up doubling the recipe and I use all local honey. I did not use ginger because I’m not a big ginger fan so I don’t know if it’s missing anything but to me it taste fine without ginger
One of the better elderberry syrups I’ve made. I doubled the recipe and halved the honey. We have been enjoying 1-2 tablespoons in a mug, filled halfway with warm water. Even my kids like it!
I didn’t put one cup of honey, but just about 1/4 cup. I don’t like my syrup overly sweet. It was great
I love this recipe! I’ve made it at least 5 times and followed directions and was perfect!
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Low on honey so added honey plus sugar left out ginger and used 1 cup of fresh berry juice worth it great recipe
Great elderberry syrup recipe. I put extra ginger in mine for an extra kick. I will definitely make this again!
My elderberry syrup is steeping as I type. Two things: I accidentally dumped in twice the amount of dried elderberries as are called for …so I doubled my recipe. Also, I decided to steep the solids first and add the honey after straining them out. I think I will lose less of the honey-goodness that way. (In addition, if I use raw honey, I can avoid cooking it with this method!)
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Give it to the kids and us for avoiding getting spred a cold to the rest of the family. Also, great to add some flavor to smoothies.
I made no changes- except for using half the amount of dried elderberries as fresh, and leaving out the ginger root. I also added the full amount of raw honey to the warm elderberry syrup. I bought a few pounds of dried elderberries on Amazon that weren’t too expensive so I could make this recipe. I tripled the recipe and simmered it for an hour and a half. Then I water bath canned it for 20 minutes so I can preserve it and give away as needed during the cold and flu season. A triple batch made 2 quarts and 6 pints. I take a Tablespoon daily as a preventative to colds and flu. Or, you can take a Tablespoon every 2-3 hours at the first sign of illness. It’s delicious and amazingly effective for illness! And its WAY cheaper to make your own than to buy it- I have looked and seen that a half pint goes for about 4 dollars! AND you know what’s in your own 🙂 Thanks for sharing this recipe- it’s definitely a keeper!
I use this as a cold syrup for my family when they get sick. It also tastes good! Thanks for submitting!
Great recipe and standard for elderberry syrup. You do NOT want to cut down on the honey. It is not just used to sweeten the syrup. Raw honey is a powerhouse, having anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. It has many other good uses as well, wound care, antihistamine, burns, boost immunity, reduces cholesterol, controls blood sugar levels and many more!
I read the reviews before I made this and cut way back on the honey. I tripled the recipe (3 cups berries to 9 cups water) and only added about 3/4 cup of honey in the end. The result was perfect. Just a tad sweet and a nice compliment to the cinnamon/clove/ginger flavor. Also, I didn’t have cinnamon sticks or whole cloves so I added ground cinnamon and the same with the cloves being sure not to go too heavy on them. I did have fresh ginger. This turned out to be more juice than syrup, but I suppose you could boil it for much longer to get more of a syrup consistency.
We did not like the ginger. Tried it again with no ginger and a few more cinnamon sticks and it turned out much better.
I thought the honey was a bit overpowering and will use about 1/2 the amount next time. I made a double batch and had to simmer it for about an hour and a half to get it to reduce down to half. I’ve been giving each of the kids about a tsp each day and taking a Tbsp for myself. Lets hope it keeps the colds and flus away!!
I think this receipe is great! The only thing I changed is 1/2 cup of honey is plenty.