Blueberry Sauce

Another winning recipe from Allrecipes.com.

Brian made this to go with pancakes yesterday and French toast today and it was delicious. He only used about half the sugar so try that and then sweeten to your liking. Also, we didn't have OJ so he swapped the orange juice and water amounts to use 1 C. water and whatever he could squeeze out of a fresh orange.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the blueberries, 1/4 cup of water, orange juice, and sugar. Stir gently, and bring to a boil.
2. In a cup or small bowl, mix together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water. Gently stir the cornstarch mixture into the blueberries so as not to mash the berries. Simmer gently until thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the almond extract and cinnamon. Thin sauce with water if it is too thick for your liking.

Be forewarned though that your kids may end up looking like this:
Eliza is going through some squinty eye phase for pictures now. Still cute, but totally random.