fate of the strawberries: 2015 edition

The best part about picking loads of strawberries, besides just eating them, is trying out new strawberry recipes! See past recipes HERE, including my favorite strawberry tart and the discovery of strawberry curd.

Strawberry Dark Chocolate Hand Pies
Recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod

These were delicious and easy to make, although assembly did take a little time. Love the combination of strawberry and chocolate.

Strawberry Lemon Cookie Bars with Lemon Glaze

Recipe found HERE

I love anything lemon and I loved these bars. I made them twice and the second time I underbaked the crust a little and they weren't quite as awesome as the first batch. But the buttery crust is so yummy and the lemon glaze adds just the right amount of lemon. (I added lemon zest to the glaze.)

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry shortcake has always been my favorite. I have a favorite sweet biscuit recipe from Martha Stewart that I usually use but I often experiment with other biscuit recipes as well. I also tried making a pound cake for a strawberry lime and coconut cream variation and that was delicious too (recipe found HERE).

Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

Recipe found HERE

The lemon cream cheese filling in these strawberry muffins is so good. And the graham cracker streusel just takes them over the top. We had them for breakfast, but they're pretty much dessert.

Strawberry Freezer Jam

We picked berries a second time because we ran out of strawberries to make jam. My first batch didn't set up well because I used some old expired pectin (which was also not my usual brand) and of course it was the batch I made when we had company here. But it still tasted good, especially on warm, homemade biscuits. I made 2 more batches of jam that turned out much better. One batch for teacher appreciation gifts and one for us.

Strawberry Cobbler with Cream Cheese Swirled Biscuits
Recipe found HERE

I made this on Memorial Day and it was so delicious. The cream cheese swirled biscuits alone are so yummy (might need to try them with strawberry shortcake). I also might have a biscuit obsession. The warm strawberry juices served alongside some ice cream...perfection.