• Banana Smoothie
• Brown Sugar Bananas
• Chilled Strawberry Soup
• Fruit Pizza
• Fruit Stew
• Fruit Tart
• Strawberry Bread
• Sweetnicks Fruit Salad

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Banana Smoothie

• 1 cup sliced banana
• 1 cup ice
• 1 cup milk

Blend and enjoy.

Brown Sugar Bananas

• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 medium bananas, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup maple syrup

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced bananas and next 2 ingredients. Saute mixture 5 minutes or until the sugar melts. Spoon over vanilla ice cream and top with whipped cream and toasted coconut.

Sweetnicks Notes: One of The Husband's favorite desserts. Great served over ice cream or poundcake.

Chilled Strawberry Soup
Yield: 2 servings

• 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled or one 1-lb bag of frozen strawberries, thawed
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup white wine or white grape juice

In a food processor or blender, combine all of the ingredients; cover and process for 30 seconds or until smooth. Pour into a bowl. Refrigerate until chilled.

Fruit Pizza

• 1 (18-oz.) pkg. Pillsbury® Refrigerated Sugar Cookies
• 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup fresh or canned peach slices, drained, cut into thinner slices
• 1 cup halved or quartered fresh strawberries
• 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Preparation Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F. Slice cookie dough as directed on package. Arrange slices in bottom of ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan or 14-inch pizza pan. Press dough evenly in pan, using floured fingers if necessary.

Bake at 350°F. for 11 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes or until completely cooled.

In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Spread mixture over cooled cookie crust. Arrange fruit over cream cheese.

Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Cut into squares or wedges. Store in refrigerator.

Fruit Tart

• 1 (18-ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• Cooking spray
• 3 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam, melted
• 3/4 cup lemon curd
• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• 1 cup sliced strawberries
• 2 plums, sliced
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Preheat oven to 350°. Press dough into a 12-inch pizza pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack. Preheat broiler. Spread jam over crust. Spread lemon curd over jam; arrange raspberries, strawberry slices, and plum slices on top. Sprinkle sugar over fruit; broil 3 minutes.

Strawberry Bread
(makes 2 loaves)

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1-1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups fresh chopped strawberries
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

In large bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. Add egg and oil; mix well. Stir in berries and nuts until evenly distributed - batter will be thick. Grease & flour two 9" loaf pans and divide batter evenly into each. Bake at 350 approx. 1 hour. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Invert onto wire rack to cool completely.

Sweetnicks Note: Absolutely excellent.

Sweetnicks' Fruit Salad

• 1 cup vanilla yogurt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• squirt of lime juice
• 2 cans pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 cup orange sections (about 2 oranges)
• 2 red grapefruit, sectioned
• 2 medium bananas, sliced

Combine yogurt, honey and lime juice in a small bowl. Add in all fruit, adding banana last.

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