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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Fresh Berry Torte :: Super Easy Summer Dessert


It is summer!  Really and truly summer, the kind where temps soar into the 90's and thunderstorms make their way through in the evening.  And we're loving every minute of it, well not so much the storm destruction, but I do love watching a good thunderstorm move in.  The clouds rolling around the sky, the forceful sound of high winds, the darkening sky at 5 p.m.  It's hard to express just how much I love watching storms, not because I don't have the words for it, but we are cranberry farmers and weather impacts our crop immensely, and we only get one chance each year for a crop.

Hail = Destruction = Devastation

Anyway, I haven't posted a recipe since Black Bean Quesadillas back in May and I want to share this super easy summer dessert right now because it's strawberry season.

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This dessert is perfect for summer because the oven only needs to be on for 15 minutes and it's served cold so it's super refreshing and light.


Fresh Berry Torte

Crust:
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
3/4 c. oatmeal

Place flour, sugar and butter in food processor and pulse until crumbly (or fork by hand).  Add oatmeal and pulse a few more times.  Press into ungreased jelly roll (10x15) pan.  Bake at 400 degrees F. for 10-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned.  Mine were in for 12 minutes yesterday.  Cool completely.

Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3/4 c. powdered sugar
8 oz. Cool whip, thawed

Cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.  Fold in Cool Whip.  Spread over cooled crust.

Topping:
1 qt. berries, washed and stemmed

The berry choice is the fun part.  This time I only had strawberries (fresh from the front yard) and not many of them because the kids were snitching all day before I made the dessert.

Enjoy immediately or refrigerate.


I sliced my strawberries so they would stretch over the full pan, but halved would work nicely.  I've also mixed up the berries and used strawberries and blueberries.  Raspberries are yummy, too.  Sadly, I've never used cranberries because they are quite tart and, although Warren and I would like that, especially if they were mixed with blueberries and strawberries, the kids wouldn't go for that and would end up picking them off.





1 comment:

  1. I have a really great recipe for NOT YOUR MAMA'S BANANA PUDDING. We have figured out how to make 5 or 6 other desserts by making a few substitutions.
    1 package store bought sugar cookies
    2 packages of instant banana pudding prepared according to the directions
    Sliced bananas
    TOPPING
    1 block of softened cream cheese
    1 can sweetened condensed milk
    1 thawed 16 oz cool whip

    In a 9x13 pan place a layer of your sugar cookies, then add prepared pudding and sliced bananas. In a bowl mix your cream cheese and condensed milk until well combined, then fold in cool whip and spread onto your dessert.
    VARIATIONS. OMIT BANANAS. THE TOPPING FOR ALL VARIATIONS IS THE SAME.
    CHOCOLATE substitute chocolate chip cookies and chocolate pudding
    LEMON use the sugar cookies and substitute lemon pudding
    BUTTERSCOTCH substitute pecan candies cookies and butterscotch pudding
    CHERRY CHEESECAKE use sugar cookies, replace sliced bananas with a can of cherry pie filling, substitute cheesecake pudding
    These are the only variations that we have made and they are all delicious as is the banana pudding. I hope that you try several of these desserts this summer for your family.

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