This strawberry glaze is the perfect topping for any dessert. You only need strawberries and a few other simple ingredients to make this homemade strawberry glaze. Skip the store bought kind and learn to make this fresh strawberry sauce in a few easy steps.
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Why Should You Make This Recipe
When warm weather starts, I'm all about baking with berries. My Strawberry Angel Food Cake, Strawberry Pretzel Cheesecake, Small Batch Strawberry Cupcakes and Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp are all quick, easy and delicious recipes made using fresh strawberries. I’m so excited to add this incredibly delicious and easy to make strawberry glaze to my blog.
- Only 5 ingredients. You only need a handful of basic ingredients to make a batch of strawberry glaze.
- The perfect topping. Whether you need a quick and easy strawberry sauce for cheesecake, almond cake, pancakes or as a fun mix in for ice cream, this strawberry glaze recipe is the perfect topping.
Ingredients
Before I show you how to how easy it is to make homemade strawberry glaze, make sure you have these simple ingredients ready to go!
Gather strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla extract.
Substitutions
Here are my recommended substitutions to make these glazed strawberries super simple.
- Fresh Strawberries: If you can’t find fresh strawberries, an equal amount of frozen strawberries works well.
- Granulated Sugar: This is used to sweeten and thicken the strawberry glaze. Use maple sugar for a refined sugar free alternative.
- Cornstarch: This is used to thicken the strawberry sauce. Use double the amount of tapioca flour in place of the cornstarch.
- Lemon Juice: Use an equal amount of water.
- Vanilla Extract: This provides a lovely background flavor to the strawberry topping.
How To Make
Learn how to make strawberry glaze in a few easy steps.
- Wash, de-stem and slice fresh strawberries in half or quarters. Reserve ½ of the berries in a mixing bowl for later. Place the remaining half in a blender or food processor. Blend until fully puréed.
- Pour the strawberry purée, cornstarch, lemon juice and sugar into a sauce pan. Mix well to combine. Heat over medium-high heat to a gentle boil, then reduce to low-medium heat until thickened. This takes a few minutes. To test, dip a spoon into the jam, if the back remains coated in the jam, it is ready. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract until well combined.
- Pour the hot strawberry glaze through a mesh strainer into the bowl with the fresh berries. Stir the fresh berries with the warm strawberry glaze until the berries are fully coated. Cool to room temperature or chill before using as a topping.
How To Serve, Store, Freeze and Thaw
- Serve this strawberry glaze topping on any dessert you like! It would make the perfect topping for my Philadelphia No Bake Cheesecake or Almond Flour Chocolate Cake.
- Store leftover strawberry topping: Once the glazed strawberry mixture has cooled completely to room temperature, transfer to an airtight container to be stored in the fridge for up to 3 - 4 days. When you are ready to use in a recipe, gently warm the strawberry sauce in 15 second intervals in the microwave until room temperature. You can also use this as a cold topping depending on the recipe.
M’s Expert Tips
- Coat the back of a spoon. The thickness of this glaze is mostly a personal preference, but a good measure is to coat the back of a spoon. If the glaze easily and fully coats the back of a spoon, its thick enough for the glaze.
- Use a mesh strainer. Pouring the hot strawberry glaze through the strainer removes many of the seeds, giving the sauce a smoother texture.
- Pour the hot glaze over the fresh strawberries. This helps to soften the fresh berries just a bit. If the glaze has cooled to room temperature too quickly, simply transfer the entire mixture back to the sauce pan and warm over low heat until the fresh berries are to the texture you like.
- Fully cool before using a topping. Depending on the recipe, the glazed strawberries should be cooled to room temperature before using as a topping.
FAQs
trawberry glaze is most typically made using strawberries, lemon juice, sugar and a thickening agent like cornstarch. Vanilla extract is also used to give the topping a more well rounded flavor.
When stored in the fridge, glazed strawberry topping can last up to 5-7 days.
This recipe uses 1 pound (454 g) of strawberries and makes about 1 ½ cups of strawberry stopping when mixed in with the fresh berries.
Other Strawberry Recipes To Try
If you try this Strawberry Glaze Recipe please rate the recipe and leave a comment below. Doing so helps other readers decide if this is a great recipe to bake. Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram using @olivesnthyme so I can see what you’re baking! Happy Baking! - M
Strawberry Glaze Recipe
Equipment
- 1 knife
- 1 blender or food processor
- 1 sauce pan
- 1 spoon
- 1 mesh strainer
- 1 bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (454 g) fresh strawberries
- ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash, de-stem and slice fresh strawberries in half or quarters. Reserve ½ of the berries in a mixing bowl for later.1 lb. (454 g) fresh strawberries
- Place the remaining half in a blender or food processor. Blend until fully puréed.¼ cup (50 g) sugar, 1 tablespoon (15 ml) lemon juice, 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Pour the strawberry purée, cornstarch, lemon juice and sugar into a sauce pan. Mix well to combine. Heat over medium-high heat to a gentle boil, then reduce to low-medium heat until thickened. This takes a few minutes. To test, dip a spoon into the jam, if the back remains coated in the jam, it is ready.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract until well combined.1 teaspoon (10 ml) vanilla extract
- Pour the hot strawberry glaze through a mesh strainer into the bowl with the fresh berries. Stir the fresh berries with the warm strawberry glaze until the berries are fully coated. Cool to room temperature or chill before using as a topping.
Rebecca says
I had to google search, how to de-steam strawberries for about 40 min. The search results still left me puzzled.
Megan says
Hi Rebecca, my apologies for any confusion. The recipe card is corrected to read "de-stem." Remove the leaves, hull/remove the stem and slice the strawberries. Hope this helps!
Rebecca says
Honest and simple. Again, thanks for quick help and clarification.
Best regards from San Antonio, TX.
Daryn C Davis says
Perfect and simple recipe. Thanks for making it so easy- the strawberries came out perfect to enhance a store-bought cake.
Megan says
Hi Daryn, I am so happy you enjoyed the strawberry glaze. Thank you for trying the recipe and for leaving a review.