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This homemade blueberry syrup is an easy way to add fresh blueberry flavor to pancakes, waffles, French toast, crepes, and more. It comes together quickly with a handful of simple ingredients and tastes so much better than most store-bought syrups.
If you enjoy blueberries for breakfast, be sure to check out my baked blueberry donuts and egg-free blueberry muffins. They’re favorites when blueberry season rolls around.
This recipe was also featured in my collection of quick and easy breakfast recipes, where you’ll find more simple breakfast ideas for busy mornings.
What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Ingredients
This recipe uses only 5 simple ingredients. You can use either fresh or frozen blueberries. If you do use frozen, be sure to thaw them out first. Because there were so many beautiful fresh blueberries in the store when I made this recipe, I decided to use fresh. Also, be sure to use unsweetened apple juice so that your final product doesn’t end up too sweet.
- 2 cups blueberries. You can use fresh or frozen.
- ½ cup unsweetened apple juice. We added the apple juice for flavor. You can substitute water.
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup agave syrup. The agave syrup helps to thicken this blueberry syrup and also helps prevent the granulated sugar from crystallizing.
- Lemon juice
Instructions
This recipe really only takes two steps if you count cooling as a step. 😉 You literally just dump everything into a saucepan and bring it to boiling while stirring. So easy.
I love the idea of keeping some of the blueberries whole, so I didn’t run it through a strainer after cooking it. I think it gives it more of a homemade look and feel. If you prefer a syrup with no pulp, for instance to flavor coffee or cocktails, you can run it through a strainer to remove the pulp.
Step 1. In a medium saucepan over high heat, combine blueberries, apple juice, sugar, agave syrup and lemon juice. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring continuously.
Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking and stirring for 5 minutes. The mixture will remain thin while it’s hot.
Step 2. Allow syrup to cool for 15-20 minutes. It will thicken as it cools. Serve with your favorite pancakes, waffles or French toast.
How to Make a Blueberry Simple Syrup for Cocktails and Coffee
You can easily modify this recipe to make a blueberry simple syrup for beverages. To do this, simply reduce the amount of agave syrup to 2 tablespoons, increase the amount of apple juice (or water) to 1 cup and increase the amount of granulated sugar to 1/2 cup. Cook as directed above and in the recipe card below. Remove the saucepan from the heat and immediately strain it through a fine mesh strainer to remove the blueberry pulp. Do not discard the pulp! You can use it as a spread on peanut butter toast or in these berry yogurt parfaits.
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Simple Blueberry Syrup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries Fresh or frozen.
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup agave syrup
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over high heat, combine blueberries, apple juice, sugar, agave syrup and lemon juice. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring continuously.Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking and stirring for 5 minutes. The mixture will remain thin while it's hot.
- Allow syrup to cool for 15-20 minutes. It will thicken as it cools. Serve with your favorite pancakes, waffles or French toast.
Notes
Nutrition
References: Washington State University Extension “Preserving Berry Syrups at Home“
