Plum Syrup

So my mom gave me about a million plums from her friend's plum tree, and I have been searching for ways to use them up before they go bad. This syrup is really easy and really tasty. I'm sure you could use other kinds of fruit, too. I searched the internet and found a couple different ways to do the syrup, so I just made this up. I think this is very flexible and can vary depending upon how sweet you want your syrup, how thick, how much fruit you actually have, etc.

This will be great over ice cream, french toast, etc.

Here's what I did:

4 cups of plums, pitted
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp balsamic vinegar

Make a slit in each plum, pull out the pit and then throw it in the blender. Once the blender is full of fruit, puree it until you don't have any chunks left.

Over medium heat, mix all ingredients and stir for a few minutes. Once it starts cooking a bit you're done! (You can add more water if you want it thinner, cook for longer if you want it thicker, etc. If you don't want any bulk to the syrup, you can just quarter the plums, cook them in the syrup and then strain your syrup and use the fruit pieces for pie or something.)

Pour the syrup into canning jars or some other container and refrigerate or freeze. Yum!