Recipes
4th of July

Fourth of July Blueberry Strawberry Dessert
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup of vanilla yogurt
1/2 tsp of vanilla
1 cup of cool whip
Strawberries
Blueberries
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Combine vanilla yogurt, vanilla, and fold in 1 cup of cool whip.
2. Layer your dessert switching in between fresh blueberries and strawberries

4th of July Star Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1–1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
24 strawberries, thinly sliced
1 cup blueberries
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 325°F. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and sugar. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Form the mixture into 3 small balls and knead each one until smooth.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll a ball of dough to 1/2-inch thick. Use a star cookie cutter to cut into stars. Place them 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cookies are set. Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a small bowl, blend the cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Carefully spread icing evenly over each cooled cookie. Slice each strawberry slice in half and arrange on the cookies pointing outward. Place three blueberries in the center of each cookie.

Lemon Berry 4th of July Bar
INGREDIENTS
LEMON BROWNIES
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Zest and juice of one lemon
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
GLAZE:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice (more or less)
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 8 cups Vanilla ice cream
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl till creamy. Beat in lemon zest, lemon juice, and eggs. Stir in flour and salt till well combined.
- Line a 9x13" pan with foil, leaving at least 3 inches of extra foil at each end. (This will help with removing the brownies later.) Spray the foil with non-stick cooking spray.
- Spread the batter evenly in the foil lined pan.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or till edges are starting to lightly brown and middle is set.
- For glaze, whisk together all ingredients, adding enough lemon juice to make a pourable consistency. Spread evenly over hot bars.
- Cool in pan for about 20 minutes, then use foil to carefully remove brownies to a cooling rack.
- Cut into star shapes with a cookie cutter. Serve with vanilla ice cream and fresh berries.