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Buttermilk Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake

Recipe Source: Popeye’s website

Prep/Cooking Time: Total prep and cooking time: 3 hours

Ingredients:

12 Popeye’s biscuits
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
3 pints fresh strawberries
1 quart heavy cream
1/2 cup 10x confectioner’s sugar
12 ounce tub whipped topping (optional)

Directions:

Strawberry Topping:
Rinse, hull and thinly slice 2 pints of strawberries. Wash and hull the third pint and add only 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. Mash or pulse a few times in a mixer or blender. Cover and hold mashed product in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving.

Biscuits:
Go to your local Popeye’s restaurant and pick up a dozen biscuits. Take a baking pan and sprinkle with 1 cup of granulated sugar. Place your biscuits top side down on the pan. Then place the biscuits in a 200 degree oven on the bottom rack. Bake until sugar caramelizes to the biscuit tops – approximately 20 minutes.

Whipped Topping:
To make topping from scratch: Add the heavy cream and half a cup of powdered sugar. Whip the cream and sugar to stiff peaks.

(If you prefer, you can use a 12 oz. tub of whipped topping instead of making it from scratch.)

Presentation:
Present on a dessert or Bread and Butter plate. Cut the biscuit in half and place bottom on plate. Place 3 heaping spoons of strawberries on top of the biscuit bottom, then 2 heaping spoons of whipped cream. Place the biscuit top over the whipped cream, then another 2 heaping spoons of strawberries and a dollop of whipped cream.

Serve and eat!

Pumpkin Bread

Recipe Source: Mom

Prep/Cooking Time: varies

Ingredients:

3 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups pumpkin (1 can if pre-made/processed)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground nutmeg
3 cups flour

Directions:

Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs, each one at a time. Stir in pumpkin. Carefully add flour and remaining ingredients.

Bake at 350 degrees F. 15-20 minutes if making muffins. 1 hour if making a cake.