Cinnamon Sauce for Apple Pie

Submitted by Redneck Epicurean

"Cinnamon with apple pie is as American as the pie itself. When my mom makes an apple pie or cobbler, this sauce is like the ice cream--you're SUPPOSED to have this with it at my house. My pop can take it or leave it, but if I had to choose the ice cream or this, buh-bye ice cream!! I can eat this with a spoon, straight from the saucepot. Did I mention I'm a sauce freak?? LOL! Sometimes, I make it just to eat and I always have everything on hand. It's also good on vanilla ice cream, but I prefer the pie. I have been known to request this just because. GOTTA LOVE SAUCES of ANY KIND!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon vanilla
• cinnamon, to taste

directions

1. Combine the sugar and flour in a small bowl.
2. In a small saucepan, stir together the sugar mix into the milk. Cook until thick.
3. Remove from heat and add the vanilla, butter, and cinnamon.
4. Use as desired. Leftovers keep well, covered, in the refrigerator. When reheating in the microwave, do it very low and very slow, stirring frequently to prevent clumping and curdling.

Reviews

[Djole A.]

I'm giving this recipe 5 stars because of taste. It tasted extraordinary. But as stated below, it is thin so be prepared to alternate the recipe, or turn up the heat (Don't turn up the heat too high lol).

 

[jax5383]

I started this recipe before I read the reviews. I read them while it was cooking and got really scared that I had made a huge mistake. I looked all over my kitchen for corn starch, which I didn't have, but I kept the sauce cooking on the stove the whole time. I didn't want to throw it out and waste it, so I just kept cooking it. In the end patience paid off. I think all the reviews complaining about the ratios and the recipe in general are just impatient. They didn't wait it out, or give it a chance. Just be patient and it will eventually work out! I think the main problem with the recipe is that it isn't specific enough. If you aren't experienced in the kitchen, this makes things difficult. -"cinnamon to taste.." this needs at least a jumping off point. I started with 1/4 tsp because all I know is a little goes a long way. I ended up using about 1 tsp. -"cook until thick..." Very vague. No temp given at which to cook the sauce, and no basic time, or instructions on how to proceed. I used a very small sauce pot, so I went almost as low as the burner goes, and it took about 25 minutes for me to cook down until it became thick. That being said, mine came out delicious! I used half white sugar though, and half brown sugar, and as previously stated, 1 tsp of cinnamon, though, depending on your taste, you could've used more. I cooked it on low for about 25 minutes, stirring nearly constantly.

 

[suziebz24]

The liquid ratios or this recipe are entirely incorrect. Using 1/2 cup of milk and cooking down will eventually result in more of a sauce after much whisking. The flour creates more a Cinnamon gravy effect, using Corn Starch will greatly up the level of the taste to highlight the cinnamon flavor. Alternately, using 2/3 cup of milk and adding 1 1/2 T. of Corn Starch to replace the flour in the recipe (and after heating the liquid after heating the remaining ingredients, take a couple tablespoons to add to the Corn starch to create a rue before adding to the remaining liquid) will allow for a much better result with a true sauce instead of a clumpy flat gravy...

 

[Becky M.]

This had to be modified significantly. I started with 1/2 & 1/2 instead of milk hoping it would make it thicker. I followed directions while whisking the heck out of on the stove top. It was as thin as could be. Looking for a thicker sauce, I added about 3 tablespoons of flour to another bowl, added just enough of the hot liquid (like for a gravy) and made a paste. Then I added the paste to the rest of the hot liquid on the stove. I continued to whisk until it came to a slow boil and it started to thicken. I removed from the heat, added the butter, vanilla and about 2 tsps of cinnamon whisking constantly to melt the remaining ingredients. Perfect!

 

[almovt]

This didn't turn out for me either. My end product was, dissapointingly, pretty thin. For my liking, it needed less liquid. Using heavy cream rather than milk may also yield richer results.