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21 Ways to Upgrade Breakfast with Syrups, Jams, and Compotes

No French toast, waffle, biscuit, or oatmeal is complete without a syrup, jam, or compote to go along with it.
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Alex Lau

Weekday mornings can be rough, but nothing will kick off your day like a hearty breakfast topped with (or, okay, drowned in) butter, jam, or syrup. From swirling honey on your yogurt to making a compote for your oatmeal, you can make most of these toppings over the weekend, then add the finishing touches to your breakfast all week long, giving you quite a luxurious start to your day.

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    Buttermilk Biscuits with Burnt Onion Butter

    The broiled onion needs to be really black, all the way through, so that it’s dry enough to turn into powder to mix in this compound butter. Smear any biscuit with this butter and watch your morning stress disappear.

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    Blackberry Syrup

    The BA Test Kitchen likes Grade B maple syrup; it adds a deep rounded flavor to this blackberry syrup.

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