By Sybil Kaplan

As summer winds down, although my favorite fall and winter fruits are apples, I know I will miss the fruit we have had, such as peaches, nectarines, plums and grapes. Before they leave the market, here are some yummy sauces to serve over ice cream, cake or pancakes.

4 servings

I found this is in a food magazine but I don’t know which one or when I clipped it.

2 T. butter or margarine

3 T. brown sugar

1 T. lemon juice

3 sliced medium-firm ripe peaches

1 t. vanilla

Serve over ice cream, plain cake or pancakes. You can also serve in small bowls and top with whipped cream or milk.

2 pounds quartered plums

¼ cup water

½ cup sugar

1 T. lemon juice

1 ½ T. cornstarch

This sauce is good over a cheesecake, ice cream or custard.

1 cup fresh, sliced peaches

1 cup vanilla ice cream

¼ cup rum

Serve over pudding or fresh fruit.

1 1/3 pounds cantaloupe

4 T. confectioners sugar

1 ½ t. fresh lemon juice or

1 ½ T. melon liqueur

Sybil Kaplan is a journalist, author, compiler/editor of nine kosher cookbooks (working on a 10th) and food writer for North American Jewish publications, who lives in Jerusalem where she leads weekly walks of the Jewish food market, Machaneh Yehudah, in English, and writes the restaurant features for Janglo.net, the oldest, largest website for English speakers.