Homemade Blueberry Sauce | Perfect Topping for Pancakes and Desserts
I love switching things up with our meals and trying out new recipes. Unfortunately my kids are on the picky side, especially my middle son.This makes it tougher to experiment as often as I’d like in the kitchen, especially for dinner. But being part of the Kraft Tastemaker blogging program is a great reminder that I can use items around my house to try something new and think outside the box a bit.
If there is one meal that everyone in this house can agree on, it is that breakfast any time of the day is absolutely delicious! All my boys absolutely love almost any breakfast food you can think of. From french toast to waffles to ham steak to eggs, they really do love it all!
I happened to have a large carton of fresh blueberries that were starting to get on the softer side. Normally I’d simply throw them into my freezer for later use or into some batter to enjoy blueberry pancakes. But this time I thought it would be fun to try something new that could also be used in multiple ways. So I smashed them up, added some sugar and few other ingredients I had on had to create a nice blueberry sauce!
It was heavenly and much easier than I imagined.
Homemade Blueberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon orange or lemon zest
Instructions
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Wash fresh blueberries. In a medium saucepan, crush blueberries. Add sugar, lemon juice and salt. Stir until combined.
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Bring blueberry mixture to a boil.
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Boil a full minute. Add zest.
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Serve warm or chill to make the flavors really come out. Can be served warmed up or cold.,
I left out corn starch because I wanted it to be a bit more on the thin side for pancakes.
It also makes the recipe a lot more simple. No worries about the consistency!
I wanted another flavor to complement the blueberries so I opted for some orange zest because I had that in my fridge. You could easily switch that out with some lemon zest instead.
Or if the citrus flavor doesn’t sound appealing to you, consider adding about a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
If sugar or calories is a concern, you could cut the sugar down to 1/3 cup or so and still get a great tasting sauce.
While you can serve this warm immediately after you cook it, if you want an hour or more, the flavors really start to settle and come out! And this sauce can easily be made ahead of time and warmed up. Use any leftovers on other desserts like your favorite JELLO pudding, ice cream, bread pudding, cobbler or even some greek yogurt! And don’t forget the COOL WHIP topping to put on top and couple of slices of OSCAR MAYER bacon with those pancakes.
Pair up this sweet blueberry sauce with a fruity drink. Kraft Recipes.com has some great punch recipes! Don’t forget to follow Kraft Foods via Facebook and Twitter to stay connected and get more recipe ideas!
What is your favorite flavor of fruit sauce? Blueberry? Raspberry? Strawberry?
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Disclosure: This post was created for the Kraft Tastemaker Blogger Program. All thoughts remain my own and are not influenced by the monetary compensation received.
I’m drooling here at work. I swear I can almost smell it through the computer!
Yum! I bet it tastes a lot like my mom’s blueberry pie. I am definitely going to have to try this next time we have pancakes or waffles!
This looks fantastic! My girls are both HUGE blueberry fans. I know they are going to love this, thanks for the recipe!
Yum! Sounds delish! The only way I can eat pancakes is with blueberries or chocolate chips, I’ll have to try this one morning soon!
Delicious! I love making homemade pancakes for my kids and this would definitely make our pancakes more yunmier. Very easy to make and I’m drooling here as well !
I’m not usually a fan of blueberries but that looks delicious!
that looks so good,,my grandchildren love blueberries they would love this
So delicious and simple! I love that you can amp up the nutrition of the meal with this sauce (as opposed to using regular syrup, for example).
I would love to try this recipe,blueberries are my favorite
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I will have to try that – I love anything blueberry!
Oh either raspberry or blackberry sauce….YUM!
This would be great over ice cream!!!
definitely know what I am going to make with our pancakes tomorrow!! hanks for recipe
oooooh! My husband loves blueberries! I bet this would be amazing on some pound cake or on french toast! Yummy! Thanks for the recipe I’m going to use it!!
I would love to try this on pancakes !!! My son would love it 🙂
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This looks so amazing. I am going to try it. My husband loves Ihop pancakes because of the flavored syrups.
I am so hungry now…I love pancakes/blueberry sauce!! thank you for showing me how to make it at home.
Id bet this would be spectacular on cheesecake! We love blueberries! Thanks for the recipe- it’s bookmarked!
This looks so good! My mom makes a blueberry sauce for pancakes that looks like this and I love it! I’ll have to give it a try!
Looks good, but I prefer raspberries. I might try to make this though and pour it over some vanilla ice cream! 🙂
I made the blueberry sauce this weekend and served it over vanilla ice cream. The family loved it. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
This looks so delicious! Usually I just make plain pancakes, but this would definitely give them a better flavor – and my husband loves blueberry.
Omg i am in love!!! Those blueberry topped pancakes have my mouth watering!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
i love blueberries and pancakes. this sounds so good.
This sauce looks so good and easy to make. Would make great gifts at the holidays .
This would be such a great change from maple syrup. It looks so good.
So much deliciousness with such few ingredients – I served it topping waffles this morning and my kids went to school happy!
yumm! I love berry recipes, thanks for sharing
We eat a lot of blueberries because they are so healthy. This sauce is a another creative way to use them!
I’m not very good in kitchen, but this is doable, and everyone will like it!
This looks so good! And so much better than store bought.
Would this recipe work with frozen blueberries as well?