what can i do with 24 pounds of strawberries?!
Answers:
Lay the strawberries on a baking sheet and place in the freezer. Once they are frozen place in a zip top bag and keep in the freezer for future use.
Great for sauces, jelly, jam, shortcake any number of uses. Just thaw in the refrigerator over night. They will be very juicy once thawed. Best used if cooking or mashing will be done.
Add the frozen strawberries directly to your blender with other fruits and yogurt for a smoothie.
You can place them in a dehydrator and dry them. Slice in half to make drying faster. Rehydrate using hot water but dried they are great to add to cake batter, cookie dough, mix into ice cream, make a trail mix ,add to cereal, hot or cook into oatmeal, or just munch on.
make jam
make cake
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Strawberry Pie
Ingredients
1 package 1-layer-size yellow cake mix
1 4-serving-size package instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups hulled and halved strawberries
1 12-ounce whipped strawberry frosting
18 vanilla wafers
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a decorative 9-inch deep-dish pie plate or quiche dish. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into prepared pie plate or dish. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove and cool in dish on a wire rack. Use a serrated knife to hollow out the center of the cake, leaving a 1-inch shell. Prepare pudding according to package directions for pie. Spoon into center of cake.
2. Arrange strawberries in circles, cut sides down, over pudding. Place frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip; pipe frosting around edge of cake. Press wafers along edge of cake for a decorative border. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
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Him Haw, that's a lot of strawberries. Besides the ones your currently eating, I would use most of them and make sam before they start to spoil, I agree you can also freeze some with some sugar sprinkled over them. Pancakes for breakfast with whipped butter, real maple syrup, whipped cream and strawberries would go down well right now.
Chocolate dipped strawberries
Strawberry pie
Strawberry shortcake
Mash the strawberries and add sugar. Freeze them in containers for ice cream toppings.
You could also make some pie crust. Break the crust up and pour the mashed strawberries over the top of the crust for a nice variation to shortcake.
Make some jam.
Strawberry pretzel salad
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Judys-Straw…
or try one of these recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/Search/Ingredients…
Make jam, fruit salad with other fruits and strawberry shortcake. Use it as a topping and maybe in a drink or as a salad dressing. Freeze some and eat some as is. Just have fun!!
Jam or preserves if you want to keep it for yourself. Or you could share with a food bank or homeless shelter; fresh berries would really be a treat.
Freeze on sheet pans, transfer to double ziplock bags, freezes really well.
I freeze them then when I have yogurt I get them out and put them in that with a touch of sugar.
Freeze some with sugar on them for eating later.
Make jam or preserves
Top an Angel Food Cake or pound cake
Paint one helluva still life.
Make jam and freeze the rest.
Throw them at people? That's always fun.
Make a lot of shortcake and call me!
I would make some Jam