Apricot Sauce

Diabetic-friendly apricot sauce, great on frozen vanilla yogurt, pancakes, waffles or French toast.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 (12-ounce) can apricot nectar (1 1/2 cups)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 packets Equal® sweetener or 3/4 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes

Cooking Directions:

1. In a saucepan combine apricot nectar, cornstarch, mustard, lemon peel and juice. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly; cook 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in Equal®.
2. Serve over pancakes, waffles or French toast.

Makes 1 cup; 16 (1 tablespoon) servings.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1 tablespoon): Calories: 17, Protein: 0 g, Carbohydrates: 3 g, Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 9 mg.

Food Exchanges: Free Food.

Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.

Information on the artificial sweetener Aspartame.