Apricot Sauce

Name: Apricot Sauce
Yield: Makes about 1½ cups.
Ingredients: 1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest; ¼ tsp. pure vanilla extract; 1 tsp. granulated sugar; 16-oz. can apricot halves in light syrup; ⅓ cup freshly squeezed orange juice

Preparation info

Makes about
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brownies To Die For!

By Bev Shaffer

Published 2006

About

If you’ve never thought of apricots and chocolate together, this fruit-chocolate combo will brighten up your taste buds. This “sauce” is a trick I learned from my mom years ago . . . no cooking required!

Ingredients

Sauce Base

16-oz. can apricot halves in light syrup
⅓ cup freshly squeezed orange juice

Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

For the Sauce Base

Puree the apricots with their syrup in a blender until smooth. Add juice, zest, vanilla, and sugar. Blend until smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape sides of blender to ensure mixture is combined.