Sunday, May 24, 2015

Cheesecake Filled Strawberries


These are super easy to make and are delicious too!  With all the taste of cheesecake but without all the work that is involved with making a cheesecake.  These can be made quickly and are a great way to use up fresh strawberries.  This is a recipe is from Allrecipes.com





Rinse and hull the strawberries.  In a bowl combine the cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.




Fill a pastry bag or a resealable plastic baggies with a corner snipped.  Pipe filling into each strawberry.  Sprinkle with crushed graham cracker crumbs, if desired.   Enjoy!



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Ingredients
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and cored
  • 3 graham crackers, crushed, or as needed

Directions

  1. Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; spoon into a piping bag or a resealable bag with a corner snipped.
  2. Fill cavities of cored strawberries with the cream cheese mixture. Dip filled side of strawberries in the crushed graham crackers to coat.