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by JAMIE

Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce comes collectively in only a few minutes. Strive a spoonful along with your morning yogurt or spooned over a stack of recent, sizzling pancakes for a scrumptious deal with!

It’s not fairly spring right here in Ohio, however this weekend’s ample sunshine might have undoubtedly fooled you into pondering we have been properly on our solution to blooming tulips and bike rides. Nevertheless, one step outdoors, made you shortly notice that the air remains 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 by chance 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 have 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 do-it-yourself blueberry sauce for our Sunday morning pancakes. And since I doubled the batch – see I instructed ya, I ordered approach too many – we have now a lot leftover.

Do-it-yourself blueberry sauce comes collectively on the stovetop in lower than ten minutes with only a few staple components: 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 positive to please the blueberry lover in your life and get you within the temper for spring!

Should you’re in search of extra breakfast concepts, you should definitely take a look at my Olive Oil Banana Walnut Muffins and these unbelievable Lemon Raspberry Scones.

This Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce submit was up to date from the archives. It initially appeared on My Baking Dependancy in 2011.

Do-it-yourself Blueberry Sauce

Yield: about 8 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 5-10 minutes

Whole 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, combined 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 incessantly, 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 do-it-yourself 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 on the sweetness of your berries, merely alter the quantity to suite your style.
• If this sauce is simply too thick for you, slowly add in water till you attain the specified consistency.
• No lemons readily available? This do-it-yourself blueberry sauce recipe tastes actually nice with orange juice and zest.

supply: baking