BERRY CRISP
Type of Recipe: Cooked Desserts
Difficulty: Easy
List of Ingredients:
1 quart strawberries, sliced if large
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine (or butter)
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
Directions: Combine strawberries and sugar and place in 8" square
baking dish.
Mix margarine, oats, flour, and brown sugar until crumbly.
Sprinkle on top of berries. Bake at 375 degrees until brown on top,
about 35 minutes.
Source: Harold and Patsy Lineberger of Maple Springs Farm, Dallas,
NC.
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CHRIS'S FAVORITE STRAWBERRY COBBLER
Type of Recipe: Cooked Desserts
Difficulty: Easy
List of Ingredients:
1/2 stick margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 quart (approx) strawberries, sweetened to taste
Directions: Melt margarine or butter in 9x13 pan and pour in
strawberries.
In separate bowl, mix sugar, flour, and evaporated milk.
Spread over berries. Bake at 350 degrees until brown, about 45
minutes.
Source: Riggs Farm, in Hubert, NC |
LAYERED STRAWBERRY CAKE
Type of Recipe: Cakes
Difficulty: Medium
List of Ingredients:
2 quarts fresh strawberries, sliced
1 19.5 oz pkg. butter recipe golden cake mix
2/3 c. buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 large eggs
1/2 cup strawberry preserves, divided
2 cups whipping cream
3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
Garnish: Fresh strawberries
Directions: Beat cake mix, buttermilk, butter, and eggs with an elecric mixer until cake mix is moistened. Beat at medium speed 4
minutes. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake
pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until a wooden
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks 10
minutes; remove from pans. Brush top of each layer with 2 Tbsp.
preserves. Beat remaining preserves with whipping cream and powdered
sugar at high speed with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Arrange half of
strawberries over layer. Top with half of whipped cream mixture.
Repeat procedure with remainig layer, strawberries, and whipped
cream mixture. Garnish if desired.
Source: Simply Florida Strawberries cookbook. Visit www.straw-berries.org for information.
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STRAWBERRIES 'N' CREAM CAKE
Type of Recipe: Cakes
Difficulty: Medium
List of Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
3
cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1
cup butter
1
8-oz container sour cream
6
large eggs
2
tsp. vanilla (butter, sour cream, and eggs should be room
temperature)
Filling:
12 oz. CoolWhip
16 oz. sour cream
2
cups 10x powdered sugar
3
cups sliced strawberries, sweetened to taste
Directions: Place all ingredients except filling in bowl of
large, heavy duty mixer. Beat at low speed until blended. Beat at
medium speed until well creamed. Pour batter in large tube pan
sprayed with Bakers' Joy. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
Cut cake crosswise into four layers. For filling, mix CoolWhip,
powdered sugar, and sour cream with hand mixer. make layers in this
order: cake, strawberries,filling. Frost cake with additional
CoolWhip.
Source: This recipe by Janice Adair, Ashburn, GA, was a 1st
place winner at the Georgia Fire Ant Festival Strawberry Cook Off.
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STRAWBERRY-BANANA COOLER
Type of
Recipe: Beverages
Difficulty: Kids
List of Ingredients:
4
crushed ice cubes
3/4 cup pureed strawberries
1/2 banana
1
tsp. honey
Directions: Crush ice cubes in blender. Add banana,
strawberries, and honey. Blend until well mixed. Pour into glasses
and serve. Serves 2.
Source: NC Department of Agriculture
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STRAWBERRY MUFFINS
Type of
Recipe: Breads
Difficulty: Easy
List of
Ingredients:
2 cups
self-rising flour
1/2 cup
sugar
1 cup
strawberries, sliced
1 egg,
beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup
melted margarine or butter
Directions: Mix flour, sugar, and strawberries to coat fruit.
Combine margarine, egg, and milk in a separate bowl.
Add this to the dry mixture. Stir until mixed thoroughly. Spoon into
muffin pans. Bake about 12 to 15 minutes at 450 degrees.
Makes 12 muffins.
Source:
Ingram
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RED, RED, RED STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE
Type of Recipe:
Beverages
Difficulty: Kids
List of
Ingredients:
1 cup
strawberry yogurt
1/2 cup
cranberry juice cocktail
1 1/2 cup
strawberries, fresh or frozen
Directions: Place all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend
until smooth.
Source:
In the Naturally Good Berries cookbook, available from the NC
Strawberry Association.
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STRAWBERRY SOUR CREAM BREAD
Type of Recipe: Breads
Difficulty: Easy
List of Ingredients:
2
1/3 cups Bisquick or other Baking mix
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup sour cream
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1
tsp. cinnamon
3
eggs
2
tsp. vanilla extract
1
cup washed, hulled, and chopped fresh strawberries
or chopped frozen
unsweetened strawberries, partially thawed
1/2 cup nuts,chopped
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5x3-inch
loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust lightly with flour.
Combine baking mix, sugar, sour cream, oil, cinnamon, eggs, and
vanilla. Beat 50 strokes by hand. Fold in strawberries and nuts.
Pour into prepared pan and bake 45-60 minutes until toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool loaf 5-10 mnutes on wire
rack before removing from pan. When cool, wrap in plastic wrap or
aluminum foil and store in refrigerator.
Source: Strawberry grower Debbie Lineberger, Kings Mountain,
NC, in "Strawberry Eats & Treats" published by the North American
Strawberry Growers Association (www.nasga.org)
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