Fruit Pancake Syrup

Quick and delicious, this warm fruit syrup will relegate your Mrs. Butterworth's to the back of the pantry. With a little practice, you'll be able to do it while you're cooking pancakes and only add a couple minutes to the total time to make a batch. See the recipe for Pancakes.

Cooking Pancakes and Blackberry Syrup

Serving Pancakes with Blackberry Syrup

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound fruit
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 tsp corn starch
• 1 Tbsp granulated sweetener
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice

Directions

1. Put the corn starch in a glass with 1/4 cup cold water and stir it up.
2. Make the fruit into pieces the size of blueberries.
3. Put the fruit in a saucepan and add just enough water so the fruit is about 1/4 covered. Just enough to distribute the heat to the fruit.
4. Bring to a simmer.
5. Once simmering, add everything except the corn starch mix
6. Simmer for 5 minutes
7. Stir the corn starch up again and slowly add it while stirring
8. Simmer until desired thickness