Sunday, January 22, 2012

Strawberry Cream Crumble

One of my new years resolutions was to start working on a cookbook of all my favorite foods. I'm not sure what I am going to call it yet. Right now I'm leaning towards, Confessions of a Picky Eater or I Like Left Overs. I'm sure I'll change my mind a hundred times before I get around to printing it. Anyway, I've decided to make and photograph one new recipe for my cookbook each month. This month I'm going with a long time favorite....(that I picked up from my cousin Eden)

STRAWBERRY CREAM CRUMBLE

Crust
-2 cups flour
-1/2 cup brown sugar
-1/2 cup softened butter
Mix flour, brown sugar, and butter in a mixing bowl. Pat mixture down into a 9X13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Crumble!

Filling
-8oz package of cream cheese
-2 cups heavy cream
-1 cup powdered sugar
-2 tsp vanilla
Whip the heavy cream and blend in the powdered sugar and vanilla. In a separate bowl beat the softened cream cheese until smooth. Mix the whip cream into the cream cheese.

Topping
-Package of Danish Dessert
-4 cups sliced strawberries
-2 cups cold water
Stir content of Danish Dessert package into 2 cups cold water in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a full boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Cool slightly then fold in the strawberries.

Layer it
Crust on the bottom, then filling, then topping. Chill 4 hours and then serve.
Makes 12 large servings :)
Nutritional Info..
Coming soon (Pete's New Year Resolution Goal!)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

2012

Happy New Year! I can't believe it's already 2012. 2011 was full of fun, adventures, and a lot of learning. Here's to hoping 2012 will be the same.

-Sandy's Biggest Accomplishment of 2011: Landed a job at Salem Dermatology
-Pete's Biggest Accomplishment of 2011: Climbed El Cap in under 24 hours and climbed 5.13

Sandy's New Year Resolutions
1. Participate in the Dirty Dash and/or Muddy Buddy
2. Give Surfing in Oregon a try
3. Start my own Cookbook
4. Get back to climbing 5.11's

Pete's New Years Resolutions
1. Climb Astroman in Yosemite and climb 8a
2. Learn how to play the guitar
3. Get in shape/Eat better
4. Add nutritional facts to Sandy's Cookbook

(photo: goofing around in a photo booth on New Years Eve)