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MR – Mmmm…I love summer fruit: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries. Great for eating alone, or for baking with. Aside from the delicious taste, they are full of vitamins and antioxidants.
This recipe for a pie filling is such a versatile recipe. It can be used as a simple pie filling, as cheesecake topping, or as a sauce for pancakes/waffles. It can be made with fresh or frozen fruit, and you can combine any berries you have on hand. I usually do blueberries or strawberries, but if I don’t have enough, I’ll add some frozen raspberries or mixed berries.
This is the basic recipe for sauce. To use as pie filling/topping, you will want to double it.
2 c. berries (fresh or frozen)
1/2 c. water, divided
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp cornstarch
Combine 1 c. berries, 1/4 c. water, sugar and lemon juice in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Turn down heat and simmer for about 7 minutes. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch with 1/4 c. water, and slowly add to the berry mixture. Add remaining berries. Cook on medium heat for another 3 minutes.
This sauce is wonderful served warm on pancakes and waffles.
Double the recipe and use it to top a plain cheesecake – so much cheaper than that canned stuff, and you know what ingredients go into it!
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Jenn vanOosten
I live in Hamilton, Ontario, and love my city. I'm a Netflixer, choral music geek, bookworm, inventor of recipes (I take Artistic Licence on EVERYTHING that I make), wife of one, mother of two, and owner of a neurotic Schnauzer. I respect people who respect others. I love good food that's well done, but my favourite lunch is KD & hotdogs. With ketchup. I'm addicted to Clearance Shopping. I will ALWAYS get the product that I want at the price that I want, eventually.
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Thanks for sharing – it looks amamzing! I’m going to try it for vanilla ice cream!
Mmmm…good idea for ice cream.
Yummy. Thanks!
Would this work with apples (and cinnamon?)
You can try it – though I wonder if the apples might need to be cooked a bit longer? Let us know how it goes!