Pancakes are one of my favorite easy breakfast recipes. These Lemon Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce are light, refreshing and bursting with flavor!
A while back, I was visiting Baltimore, MD and had these pancakes for breakfast at the hotel restaurant. All day long, I couldn’t stop thinking about them. They were bursting with lemon flavor and topped with this incredible fresh blueberry sauce.
I thought I had died and gone to heaven. When I got home, I knew I had to make them.
I used my great-grandmother’s pancake recipe as the base. You can use whichever recipe you like best – or use a pancake mix. I won’t judge.
In my opinion, the blueberry sauce is the best part about this recipe! You can use it on just about anything, such as:
- Pancakes (of course!)
- Ice cream
- Angel food cake or pound cake
- Trifles
- French toast
- Waffles
- Oatmeal
- Short cakes
I could go on and on!
What would you use this blueberry sauce on? Leave me a comment below!
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Easy Breakfast Recipes: Lemon Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce
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Ingredients:
1 batch of your favorite pancake recipe (12 pancakes)
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons corn starch dissolved in 1/4 cup cold water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
- Prepare pancake batter according to recipe directions.
- Add lemon zest and 1 tablespoon lemon juice to batter and stir to combine.
- Cook pancakes according to recipe directions.
- In a sauce pan, combine 2 cups of blueberries, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, sugar and 1 cup of water.
- Stir over medium-high heat until mixture starts boiling and blueberries start bursting.
- Add corn starch mixture and bring blueberries to full boil.
- Turn down heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until sauce reaches desired consistency.
- If sauce gets too thick, add more water one tablespoonful at a time.
- Remove sauce from heat, add remaining blueberries and stir to combine.
- Serve blueberry sauce on top of lemon pancakes.
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Megan says
These look awesome Chris, thanks!I’m adding them to my recipe pile for weekend breakfasts!
Clare says
Oh my – that does look quite heavenly! I love my pancakes with good old maple syrup but I might have to make an exception and give this blueberry sauce a try.
Candi says
I did the same thing at one of my breakfast outings. I loved the Lemon Pancakes they served and had to make them. I think blueberries goes great with lemon.
Heather says
This looks so delicious right now!!
Maureen says
All of the above, but I think ice cream would be my favorite!! I quart of fresh blueberries in the fridge right now!