Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake

This is a recipe my oldest brought home from first grade. I made it last night and it was really good. And, very simple. It tasted much better than the store bought round pound cakes we usually use when doing strawberry shortcake.


Start to Finish: 25-30 minutes

 Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup milk
3 to 4 cups strawberries, washed and sliced
1 cup whipping cream, whipped or prepared whipped topping, optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Lightly coat 8 x 1½-inch round pan with cooking spray; set aside.
3. Sift flour, then sift together dry ingredients.
4. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
5. Add egg and milk, stirring by hand just enough to moisten.
6. Spread dough in pan, building up edges slightly.
7. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until lightly brown. Remove cake from pan and cool on rack 5 minutes.
8. Split into two layers and lift top off carefully.
9. Alternate layers of cake, whipped cream and strawberries, ending with strawberries on top.

 Variations: I am sure you could use any fruit for this. If you were to use blueberries, maybe add some grated lemon peel or lemon juice to the shortcake. If you were to use cranberries, grated orange peel or orange juice would be good.

Notes:  This was good. The kids all ate it and then asked or more. And, I gave them pretty big pieces to begin with. We will be making it again.

Servings: 12

Estimated Cost: $5.00

Source: Kid’s School

Nutrition Facts: Nutrition Facts: 1 serving without whipped cream provides 180 calories, 9g total fat, 5g saturated fat, 0g trans fat,
40mg cholesterol, 250mg sodium, 23g total carbohydrate, 1g dietary fiber, 5g sugar, vitamin C 40%

Apple Dip

Start to Finish: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
1 (8 0z) package cream cheese
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla
Apples

Directions:
1) Place the cream cheese, brown sugar, and vanilla in the medium bowl. Mix until all of the brown sugar has been blended into the cream cheese and vanilla.
2) With the knife, slice and core the apple. Place the apple slices on the plate.
3) Dip the apple slices in the Apple Dip and enjoy!

Servings: 4

Notes: So good! The girls gobbled it up. Great dip for parties. It was very easy.

Variations: I'm sure it would taste really good on most fruits.

Estimated Price: $5.00

Source: A Cookbook for Mommy & Me
Nutrition Facts per serving: 294 cal., 19.8 g total fat (12.5 g sat. fat), 62 mg chol., 174 mg sodium, 24.5 g carbo., .8 g fiber, 4.4 g pro. Daily Values: 16% vit. A, 3% vit. C, 6% calcium, 5% iron

Banana Banana Bread

Start to Finish: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2) In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
3) Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Servings: 12

Notes: Good and moist.

Variations: You can add some spices (vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg). You can also add walnuts if you desire. To make muffins, just put the batter into a muffin tin sprayed lightly. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 25 minutes.

Estimated Price: $4.00

Source: AllRecipes.com
Nutrition Facts per serving: 229 cal., 8.8 g total fat, 56 mg chol., 223 mg sodium, 34.8 g carbo., 1.7 g fiber, 3.8 g pro. Daily Values: 6% vit. A, 6% vit. C, 2% calcium, 13% iron, 19% thiamin, 18% niacin, 12% vit. B6, 7% magnesium, 28% folate

4th of July Fruit Dessert

Start to Finish: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
Pound cake
Blueberries
Strawberries, sliced
Whipped topping

Directions:
Tear or cut the pound cake into squares, place a layer on the bottom of your serving dish. Place a layer of blueberries on top of the pound cake. Add another layer of pound cake. Top that with a layer of strawberries. Finish by topping with whipped topping. Chill before serving and chill any unused portion.

Notes: My mom made this for 4th of July this year. It was delicious. She kind of altered whatever recipe she had glanced at to make it her own and it turned out really good.

Variations: The key is to use red, white, and blue. You can use raspberries instead of or in addition to strawberries. Also you can add as many layers as you want.

Estimated Price: $10.00

Nutrition Facts per serving: 237 cal., 7 g total fat (4 g sat. fat), 66 mg chol., 126 mg sodium, 44 g carbo., 2 g pro. Daily Values: 6% vit. A, 94% vit. C, 3% calcium, 6% iron