Prepare your strawberries. Rinse, drain and cut into slices.

Sprinkle with 1-2 TBS white sugar, toss, cover and refrigerate for several hours.

Beat cream cheese, lemon juice, 2-4 TBS sugar and vanilla. I like to use my hand held beater and add sugar and lemon gradually. Keep tasting until you reach the sweet/tart level you like. Cover and chill in refrigerator.

I had to add this picture just because I liked it. 

About a half hour before serving take the cream cheese out of the fridge so it’s easier to spread on the pastry.

Add the strawberries, slice into small rectangles and serve. Most of my guests like to pick it right up and eat it, but you can also hand out forks!


So take advantage of the deliciously sweet strawberries and surprise your family and friends with a great dessert tonight.


And for my readers who live in areas where strawberries aren’t in season, you could use your favorite frozen berry or fruit–strawberries, peaches, blueberries–take your pick! 


Enjoy!


And now…a big welcome to my readers in Singapore! I’m so happy to have readers on every continent but I noticed I don’t have any readers from South Africa. So if you have any friends who live there, pass along my blog. I hope they like it too!


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