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Homemade Strawberry Topping Recipe – 4 Ingredients

4.53 from 17 votes
This strawberry topping recipe has 4 simple ingredients and can be made with either fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries. Strawberry lovers are going want to spoon this strawberry sauce over pancakes, shortcake and cheesecake.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 1 ¾ cups
Course: Dessert Recipes
Cuisine: American
Calories: 511

Ingredients
 

  • 2 Cups Strawberries diced (plus ¼ cups)
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • ½ Teaspoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Method
 

  1. Cut cleaned, hulled strawberries into quarters and measure out 2 cups.
    2 Cups Strawberries
  2. In a medium sauce pan, add the quartered strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract. 
    ½ Teaspoon Lemon Juice, ½ Cup Sugar, 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  3. Stir over medium high heat, bring the sauce to a boil, stirring to prevent burning.
  4. Allow to simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
  5. Remove from the heat and cool completely before storing in the freezer or refrigerator. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 cupCalories: 511kcalCarbohydrates: 127gProtein: 2gFat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 5mgFiber: 7gSugar: 117g

Nutrition Discolure

Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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Notes

At the 13 minute mark of simmering the sauce, add ¼ cup of chopped strawberries. These berries will not break down as much as the other strawberries in the recipe, giving you firmer strawberries in the sauce in addition to the tender berries.
Fresh lemon juice is best but use bottled if that is all you have available. 
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