Strawberry Pizza

A sweet fruit topping with a cookie-like crust. Looking for a sweet dessert pizza? Here it is! The dough for this pizza, seems like a mix between a cookie and pie crust. It has a layer of sweet cream cheese filling and is topped with fresh strawberries and a strawberry glaze. We made this with our "pizza decorating" meal!


Ingredients
For the crust:
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
For the filling:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 cups crushed strawberries 


Directions:
Make the crust: In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and cream until it forms a dough like consistency. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

On a floured surface, roll out the dough. Place the dough on a 12 inch pizza pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Let cool completely before adding any toppings.

Make the filling:
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spread over the crust and top with the sliced strawberries. 

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and crushed berries until blended. Bring to a boil, let boil and stir for 2 minutes, or until thickened. Let cool slightly and then spoon over the pizza. Refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Need a dinner idea to go with this? Try our "pizza decorating" dinner!

Source:What Megan's Making

Toasted Marshmallow Strawberries

 

A delicious fresh summer strawberry, dipped in marshmallow and toasted. These are perfect for the campfire, and great for people who don't like s'mores.

Ingredients:

Strawberries

Marshmallow creme

A fire and stick for toasting 

Directions:

1. Dip a strawberry in the marshmallow creme

2. Place the strawberry on a stick and place over the fire, just until the marshmallow gets toasted.

Enjoy! :)

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Strawberry Torte

 

This beautiful swirled torte dessert is perfect for summertime. It combines fresh sweet strawberries to make a homemade angel food cake with a whip cream and strawberry swirl inside.  

Ingredients:

unsalted butter, for buttering the pan

8 extra-large eggs, room temperature, separated

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 cup cake flour (not self-rising)

2 teaspoons baking powder, sifted

1 pint (16 ounces) heavy cream

2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting

1 quart strawberries, washed, dried, hulls removed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a jelly roll pan, and then line with parchment paper. 

2. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together until light in color, about 1 minute. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. Add cake flour and baking powder and stir until well combined.

3. With an electric mixer, beat egg white until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into flour mixture.

4. Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake for 20 minutes, until cake springs back when touched.

5. Set aside 6 strawberries for garnish. Thinly slice the remaining strawberries. With an electric mixer, beat heavy cream on medium speed. Add remaining vanilla and 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar. Continue beating until soft peaks form. Set half of the whip cream aside, and add sliced strawberries into the other half. 

6. Lay a clean kitchen towel out on a clean surface, with the short end facing you. Dust the towel with the confectioners' sugar. Flip cake onto towel, remove from baking sheet, and peel off parchment paper. Using the towel, roll the cake away from you and let cool.

7. Unroll the cake. Gently spread the strawberry and whip cream mixture onto the full surface of the cake, and the gently re-roll the cake. Transfer the cake to a serving platter and spread the reserved whip cream onto the top and sides of the cake. Garnish the top with set aside strawberries. 

Enjoy! :)

Source: marthastewart.com

Mini Strawberry and Cream Cheese Pies

These are the perfect Valentine's dessert, or for any date night! These are quick, very easy to make, and they don't cost much to make at all! We loved these, the crust was sweet, buttery and flaky. The inside was full of flavor and so sweet and delicious! This idea was a cross between a mini cherry pie recipe  and a old family strawberry and cream dessert recipe. It turned out wonderful!

Ingredients:

Refrigerated Pie Dough 

4 oz Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup of Sugar, plus more for sprinkling

1 can of Strawberry Pie Filling

3 tbsp of butter, melted

Directions:

1. Using the softened cream cheese, mix the cream cheese and 1/4 cup of sugar. 

2. Line a baking sheet with foil and cut out some heart shapes (or any shape) using a cookie cutter. I made about 3 pies with one sheet of pie dough, it all depends on the size of your cookie cutter. You will need 2 shapes for each pie!

4. Place 1 tsp of the cream cheese into the center of one side of the pie dough. Don't use too much because the pie will break. 

5. Place 1 tsp of the strawberry pie filling on top of the cream cheese.

6. Place the second layer of pie dough on top and secure it by pressing the ends together with a fork

7. Using your melted butter, brush the butter on the tops of the pies, and then sprinkle with the last of the sugar.

8. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes

Enjoy! :)

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Strawberry Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

Strawberry Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

I made these cupcakes and a smash cake for my daughters 1st birthday. The cake recipe is the Paula Deen's, but I used a different frosting to make it lighter for her birthday. The frosting ended up melting, but I still think they look good! 

Ingredients:

For Strawberry Cake:

18.25 oz box of white cake mix

• 3 oz box of strawberry flavored instant gelatin
• 15 oz package frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed and pureed
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup water

For Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting:

16 oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup heavy cream, cold

Drops of pink food coloring

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Grease cake pans, or line with cupcake liners for cupcakes

3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and gelatin. 

4. Add pureed strawberries, eggs, oil, and water; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. 

5. Pour into prepared pans, and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

6. Let cool completely before frosting.

For Frosting: 

1. Place the mixing bowl, and mixer attachments ( to use for the cold cream) in the freezer for 30 mins before making this. 

2. Beat the cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth and fluffy. 

3. In the bowl from the freezer, beat the heavy cream to nearly stiff peaks.

4. Add the whipped cream into the cheese mixture and quickly and briefly beat to combine. Do not over beat.

5. I added drops of pink food coloring in to make it match the party theme, this is optional. If you do use food coloring, lightly fold the frosting with a ribber spatula. 

Frost and Enjoy :)