Cream Cheese-Filled Strawberries

from "You're the Cook! A guide to mixing it up in the kitchen" by Katie Wilton

September 10, 2007

Ingredients:

12 large strawberries
12 blueberries
4 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar

1. Gently wash strawberries and pat dry. Remove green leaves and scoop out some of the center of the strawberries with a melon baler. Cut a bit off the bottom of each strawberry so that they will sit up on a plate. Wash blueberries, pat dry and set aside.

2. Place cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla, and honey in a medium bowl. Mix with an electric hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Place the mixture in a pastry bag or a sealed bag to pipe filling into strawberries.

3. Pipe the cream cheese filling into each strawberry, sprinkle with some brown sugar and top with a blueberry. Serve chilled. Makes 12.

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