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    Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce Recipe

    By Nancy Mock July 18, 2019 Updated October 22, 2023 Leave a Comment

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    Blueberry sauce in a mason jar on a white cloth.
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    You will love this Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce recipe. It's so quick, and a wonderful topping at breakfast or dessert!

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    This is a wonderful sauce to have in your repertoire! It's delightfully sweet and a delicious accompaniment to breakfast dishes like pancakes, muffins and crêpes. It also plays quite nicely with desserts, like spooning some over vanilla ice cream, or layering it in a parfait.

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    This is the Blueberry Sauce I use in many desserts, including Toasted Marshmallow Blueberry Milkshakes, Blueberries and Cream Rustic Mille Feuille in Cinnamon Blueberry Icebox Cake. It's just so versatile!

    Why you'll love this recipe

    Just as appealing as its versatility is that this sauce is really easy. Throw everything into a pan and in fifteen minutes or so you have this fruity sauce. Your hungry fans will cheer, and maybe even do that dramatic slow-clap-building-to-fast-clap for you.

    It's a wonderful way to put fresh blueberries to use if you've picked some or found them on sale at the store—and if you don't have fresh berries, you can make this sauce with frozen blueberries. Easy!

    Blueberry Sauce is also sooo good spooned onto hot County Fair Fried Dough!

    Blueberries in a green container, white sugar and lemon juice on a wood surface.

    🔪 How to make this Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce recipe

    Step 1: Put everything in the pan

    Blueberries, sugar, lemon juice and water in a metal saucepan on a wood surface.

    Stir together blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan, and bring it to a simmer over medium heat. Cook the berries for about five minutes until it starts to thicken.

    Step 2: Let it cool

    Cooked blueberry sauce in a metal pan with a metal spoon.

    Let the sauce cool for about five minutes. Serve it warm or chilled depending on the dish.

    Tips:

    • To chill the sauce for a later use or to store it, let the pan of sauce sit until it is at room temperature. Transfer the sauce to a mason jar or other container and cover.
    Blueberry sauce inside a mason jar on a white background.

    FAQs

    How long will this sauce keep?

    Keep the blueberry sauce in a sealed container in the fridge for up to two weeks.

    How do I use blueberry sauce?

    Enjoy Blueberry Sauce on ice cream, pancakes, waffles, crepes, French toast, cream puffs, on a spoon, over fresh fruit, swirled into quick bread batter or muffins, blended into milkshakes, layered with pastry and cream, over pound cake... really, anywhere you want a burst of rich blueberry flavor!

    The Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce Recipe is below!

    Use the sauce in Toasted Marshmallow Blueberry Milkshakes and spooned over flaky pastry in Blueberries & Cream Mille Feuille. Find more blueberry ideas here:

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    💬 How do you like my oh-so-Easy Blueberry Sauce? Leave a comment below.

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    Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce Recipe

    Nancy Mock
    You will love this Easy Homemade Blueberry Sauce recipe. It's so quick, and a wonderful topping at breakfast or dessert!
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 9 minutes mins
    Cooling Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 19 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Dessert, Sauces
    Servings 16 servings

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • ¼ cup water
    • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

    Instructions
     

    • In a medium pan stir together the blueberries, sugar, water and lemon juice. 
    • Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Cook the sauce at a low simmer for about 5 minutes, continuing to stir often, until the mixture has thickened. Use the back of your spoon to smush some of the berries (do this carefully - don't get splashed) to help thicken the sauce.
    • Remove the pan from the heat and allow the sauce to cool for 5 minutes. Serve while warm.
    • To chill the sauce or to store it, let the pan of sauce sit until it is at room temperature. Transfer the sauce to a mason jar or other container, and cover. Store it in the fridge for up to one week. 
    • Makes 2 cups of sauce.

    Notes

    • To chill the sauce for a later use or to store it, let the pan of sauce sit until it is at room temperature. Transfer the sauce to a mason jar or other container and cover.
    • Keep the blueberry sauce in a sealed container in the fridge for up to two weeks.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2ouncesCalories: 40kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 2.8mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.1mg
    Tried this recipe?Leave a comment, tell me what you think!

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