Wednesday, June 21, 2006

What's Cooking Wedensday - Strawberry Freeze

Well folks my oven has died. Don't worry it was quick and painless. Mike turned it on to preheat for yet another delicious dinner I was making and, well, it never actually heated up. In fact heat never even came into the equation. Good thing my dinner only needed to go in the oven to melt the cheese and crisp the top up a bit. I ended up just nuking it for a few minutes to melt the cheese and it was fine. Thanks for asking. So in honour of my oven's passing please enjoy today's "no bake' edition of What's Cooking Wednesday.

Strawberry Freeze

2006-06-20 012


12 Chips Ahoy cookies
1 pkg (250 g) cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 can (355 ml) frozen berry punch concentrate, thawed
1 cup crushed strawberries
1 tub (1L) Cool Whip
1 cup strawberries, halved (optional)

Place cookies on bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.

Beat cream cheese with sugar in a large bowl with an electirc mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add punch concentrate, beating until well blended. Stir in strawberries. Add whipped topping, stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Pour over cookies in pan.

Freeze several hours or unitl firm. Remove from freezer and let stand for about 15 minutes before serving. Top with halved strawberries if desired.

What we would/did change: I really love this recipe. It's simple to make and tastes great. When we were kids my Grandma used to make something we called strawberry fluff. I had forgotten all about it until I dipped a finger in the "batter" of this dish. This is a real fool proof way to get a nice cheesecake and because it's frozen it's a great summer dish. The only thing I'd do different is omit the strawberries all together. They become these little rock hard lumps in what otherwise is a smooth textured dessert. You could also make this with lemonade instead of the berry concentrate. Pink or regular... ohh or how about limeade. Mmmm that would be yummy. Again the possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Score 2.5 stars * in it's present state this could increase with the removal of the strawberries.

Recipes supplied by Kraft Canada

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