This just might be by far the most “crunchy” thing I’ve ever done! I love making things on my own, I’ve recently been very into making my own elderberry syrup and broths- both so easy but broth is for another day. Today, we’re chatting about Elderberries! I’ve been using Elderberry syrup and gummies for years, I love the immunity properties it holds and its full of good stuff! A few things about elderberries you should know;

they are rich in vitamins & nutrients
relieves inflammation & supports immune health
rich in three types of flavanols — naturally occurring compounds in plants with antioxidant properties — they may help to improve heart health.

Elderberry syrup from the store is packed full of sugar and has other additives that I don’t want. Once you realize that and how easy it is to make it you’ll be doing it as well. It’s so easy to make and one batch makes a ton on syrup. I tried a few different recipes before landing on the one I use- it’s a combo of several I’ve tried. This is the one I make for my family. I’ll also link below some of the products I use along with the recipe, including of coarse the Elderberries!

Elderberry Syrup Recipe

1 cup elderberries

5 cups filtered water

4 cinnamon sticks or 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

1 cup local honey

Place your cup of dried Elderberries in your crock pot, pour water over them, add the cinnamon and let it cook for 8-10 hours! All day! This is very important that you let it cook for this long, it removed the lectins from the berries - and lectins can harm the gut. It also removes the bitter taste from the berries as well. If you are using dried cinnamon instead of the sticks you’ll want to wisk all that together and let it cook.

After it’s cooked for the amount of time you’ll add the cup of honey. I suggest using local honey for it’s allergy benefits- but if you can’t find that use a raw organic honey that you can find. Add that to your elderberries while it’s still warm then wisk together. If you want your syrup to be sweeter, then you can add more honey to taste. Turn off your crock pot, and then begin to strain the elderberries out. Make sure you use a fine mesh strainer to get them all out. I’ll link one below I use.

Once all your berries are out, you can pour the syrup into glass bottles for storage. I link the ones I have below, you’ll store your syrup in the fridge for up to 3 months.

For dosage, I like to use these stainless steal shot glasses and line them all up in the mornings for all of us to drink when we take our daily vitamins. So easy. But a general rule is 1 tablespoon, once a day.

That’s it! So easy and like I said one batch makes so much! I love this because it is way more economical than buying it from the store and you get all the benefits without added sugars and junk! Everything I mentioned and use is linked here:

I hope you enjoyed this recipe, if you end up making it let me know how it goes! Hope you enjoy.

*affiliate links used.

Andrea Worley