Buttermilk Syrup

 2 cups sugar

1/4 cup karo syrup

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients, but vanilla, in a LARGE pot, add the baking soda last (it will foam) and boil for a minute, then add vanilla. 

Yeild: 3 cups

It can be made with powdered buttermilk. Once Melissa made it with 1 cup of buttermilk powder, not just the amount of buttermilk powder to make a cup so we had to suddenly multiply the recipe and it foamed up in a HUGE mess.  Also, we had buttermilk syrup for a LONG time!