Blueberry Ice Cream Topping Recipe

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Here's the scoop on a sensational sauce! Describes Betty Leibnitz of Hallock, Minnesota, "It has fresh-fruit flavor and is delicious with angel food cake, too."

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Blueberry Ice Cream Topping Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon cold water
1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Ice cream

Directions

In a saucepan, combine the blueberries, water, sugar and salt; cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 7 minutes or until the berries burst.
Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into hot blueberry mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the lemon juice, vanilla and cinnamon. Serve over ice cream. Yield: 1-1/4 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 23 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 12 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Blueberry Ice Cream Topping in Country Woman July/August 2002, p46