by JAMIE

Selfmade Blueberry Sauce comes collectively in just some minutes. Attempt a spoonful together with your morning yogurt or spooned over a stack of recent, scorching pancakes for a scrumptious deal with!

It’s not fairly spring right here in Ohio, however this weekend’s ample sunshine might have positively fooled you into considering we had been properly on our solution to blooming tulips and bike rides. Nonetheless, one step exterior, made you rapidly understand that the air continues to be fairly darn chilly, however all of the sunshine had me craving spring flavors and fortunately our fridge was stocked.

As I’ve talked about earlier than, we subscribe to the grocery supply service, Door to Door Organics, and earlier this week, I unintentionally ordered far too many half-pint containers of blueberries. I blame it on drowsily adjusting my order at 2 o’clock within the morning whereas we had been up with our sick little babe.

I thought of freezing the blueberries for smoothies or snacking, however realized I already had a number of frozen luggage within the freezer. Since I had no plans of consuming blueberries with each meal, I made a decision to whip up a batch of selfmade blueberry sauce for our Sunday morning pancakes. And since I doubled the batch – see I instructed ya, I ordered approach too many – we’ve loads leftover.

Selfmade blueberry sauce comes collectively on the stovetop in lower than ten minutes with just some staple elements: recent or frozen blueberries, water, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. And it’s completely scrumptious spooned over absolutely anything from pancakes and waffles to ice cream and cheesecake. We additionally love stirring a spoonful into vanilla, Greek-style yogurt with a sprinkle of granola for enjoyable and attractive afternoon snack.

Whether or not you’re serving this sauce up with breakfast, dessert or a noon snack, it’s certain to please the blueberry lover in your life and get you within the temper for spring!

In case you’re in search of extra breakfast concepts, make sure to take a look at my Olive Oil Banana Walnut Muffins and these unbelievable Lemon Raspberry Scones.

This Selfmade Blueberry Sauce put up was up to date from the archives. It initially appeared on My Baking Habit in 2011.

Selfmade Blueberry Sauce

Yield: about 8 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook dinner Time: 5-10 minutes

Complete Time: quarter-hour

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Substances:

• 2 cups recent or frozen blueberries
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons recent lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch, blended with 2 tablespoons chilly water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon), elective

Instructions:

1. In a medium saucepan over medium warmth, mix the blueberries, 1/2 cup of water, sugar and lemon juice. Stir regularly, and convey to a low boil.
2. In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of chilly water.
3. Slowly stir the cornstarch into the blueberries, taking care to not crush the blueberries. Simmer till the selfmade blueberry sauce is thick sufficient to coat the again of a metallic spoon, about 5 minutes.
4. Take away from warmth and gently stir in vanilla and lemon zest.

Notes:

• The quantity of sugar that you simply use will rely upon the sweetness of your berries, merely modify the quantity to suite your style.
• If this sauce is just too thick for you, slowly add in water till you attain the specified consistency.
• No lemons readily available? This selfmade blueberry sauce recipe tastes actually nice with orange juice and zest.

supply: baking