Dessert Recipes

Fruit Dip

1 cup Cool Whip
1 cup sour cream
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup Khalua
8 oz cream cheese

Mix cream cheese and Cool Whip.
Add brown sugar and Khalua until sugar dissolves
Add sour cream last

Best if made the night before.

Shortbread (Skor) Meltaways

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
½ cup icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup cornstarch
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1 cup Chipits “Skor” toffee bits

Optional: icing sugar for decorating

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (this is a MUST).

Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla until creamy. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; stir half into butter mixture. Stir in toffee bits and remaining flour mixture.

Roll heaping tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place on prepared cookie sheets, spacing about 2” apart.

Bake in centre of preheated oven for 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool on pan for 5 minutes. Dust with more icing sugar if desired.

Grilled Ontario Strawberries

This season, try something a little different with your fresh Ontario Grown Strawberries.

Preparation Time: 1 minute
Cooking Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients:
3 large Ontario Strawberries
vegetable oil
freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:
Thread 3 large Ontario Strawberries crosswise on each wooden skewer for each serving. Brush with vegetable oil and sprinkle generously with freshly ground black pepper. Grill 2 minutes on each side or until heated through. Serve with Ontario Grilled Chicken or Pork.

Ontario Mixed Berry Almond Crisp

This is so delicious and so easy! Cook it on the barbecue if you don’t want to put the oven on. Great for dessert, breakfast or brunch. Serve over ice cream or frozen yogurt if desired.

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 8 Minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients:
2 cups (500 mL) each Ontario Blueberries and Ontario Raspberries
1/4 cup (50 mL) granulated sugar
2 tsp (10 mL) grated orange rind
1-1/2 cups (375 mL) coarsely crumbled Amaretti cookies or almond crunch cookies (about 4 oz/125 g)
1/2 cup (125 mL) sliced almonds
3 tbsp (45 mL) butter, melted
1/2 tsp (2 mL) cinnamon

Preparation:
In 9-inch (22 cm) square cake pan or 8-cup (2 L) shallow casserole dish, combine blueberries and raspberries. Mix sugar with orange rind; toss with berries.
In small bowl, mix cookie crumbs, almonds, butter and cinnamon; sprinkle over berries. Bake in 400 F (200 C) oven for 8 minutes or until fruit is just warmed through and topping starts to brown. Serve warm.

TIPS:
To coarsely crush cookies, place in a paper or plastic bag and crush with rolling pin.
Recipe can be easily halved, but cook for the same time.
To cook on the barbecue, use a foil pan or line outside of metal pan with foil; bake, covered, on high just until fruit is warmed throughout, 8 to 10 minutes.
Ever-bearing strawberries can be substituted for raspberries

Variation:
Substitute granola for cookies crumbs. Add 1/2 tsp (2 mL) almond extract to butter mixture.

Ontario Peach and Pear Mini Trifles

Your family will flip for these tasty Ontario treats, and they’re perfect for a nutritious snack or for dessert.
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cooking Time: N/A
Chilling Time: At least 1 hour or overnight
Servings: 4

Ingredients:
1 ripe Ontario Bartlett Pear, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
2 ripe Ontario Peaches, peeled, pitted and thinly sliced
1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice
1/3 cup (75 mL) strawberry jam
2 tbsp (25 mL) sherry or orange juice
2 cups (500 mL) cubed angel food cake
1 can (425 g) prepared custard or (1-1/3 cups/325 mL custard)
1/2 cup (125 mL) whipping cream, whipped
Garnish (optional): Toasted sliced almonds or peach and pear slices

Preparation:
In bowl, toss pear and peach slices with lemon juice. In separate bowl, combine jam and sherry. Divide half of cake cubes among four – 8 oz (250 mL) dessert dishes. Top each evenly with half each of jam mixture, fruit slices (drained) and custard. Repeat layers. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight. Top with whipped cream. Garnish with almonds or fruit slices just before serving (if using).