Summer Slow Cooker: Strawberry Shortcake

Photo/Patrick Dennis @ The Advocate

From Denny:  Summer heat.  Bring on the berries!  If you enjoy fresh strawberries and blueberries - along with a side dish of easy to make dessert - then this recipe is for you.  Our local food columnist is a master at kid friendly recipes, quick recipes and less effort recipes for the working or busy parent.  So, when the summer heat gets you tired, think: what can the slow cooker do for me so I don't have to stand over the stove?  

Julie Kay recommends this slow cooker recipe is best if you are home to make sure it does not over cook. In fact, it's one of those desserts that can be cooking while you serve dinner.  If you have any extra fresh blueberries in the fridge then feel free to add them after the shortcake has cooked.  This pretty dessert would be perfect for the Fourth of July holiday celebration too.

Remember:  Cook this dessert on High so that the dough topping will get a chance to brown a bit.

Serve:  Be sure to reserve a cup or two of fresh strawberries to add as a colorful garnish when serving this dessert and you also get those layered tastes of both cooked and fresh strawberry!

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Slow Cooker Strawberry Shortcake

From:  Julie Kay, food columnist at The Advocate newspaper (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Serves:  4

Ingredients:

1 (32-oz.) pkg. fresh strawberries, cleaned and sliced

1⁄3 cup sugar

1 cup Bisquick

2 Tbls. sugar

1⁄3 cup milk

1 cup fresh blueberries

Whipped cream, optional

Extra strawberries for garnish

Directions:

1. Put strawberries and 1⁄3 cup sugar into slow cooker.

2. Mix Bisquick, 2 tablespoons sugar and milk until they form a dough. Drop by spoonful onto strawberries in slow cooker.

3. Cook on High for 2 hours.

4. Remove and serve. Add fresh blueberries. Top with dollop of whipped cream, if desired. Garnish with fresh strawberries.

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