Are you looking for a quick and delicious way to use up your strawberries from your strawberry picking adventures?
Or maybe you’re looking for a fun and easy summer dessert that your kids can help you make?
Or perhaps you’re looking for a cool and refreshing dessert to make just to celebrate summer?
In less than 10 minutes you can plan to have a delicious, beautiful, refreshing, and simple strawberry shortcake to serve as a dessert (or a secret snack as needed!!).
My family and I have made strawberry shortcake every year for as long as I remember. I truly don’t remember a summer that my mom didn’t make strawberry shortcake of some kind. I really do love it and begin to crave it every June as strawberry season approaches.
The original recipe my sisters and I always made with my mom growing up had a strawberry and granulated sugar mixture. Originally, that was what I intended to make. However, when I opened my cupboard to grab the sugar, I realized I was completely out of sugar…I apparently had used it up and forgot to add it to my grocery list…UUGH!
Soooo, what to do…
I was about to settle for having plain diced strawberries (which would have been good too), except for some reason I decided to open the fridge for a little last minute inspiration. Just as I did…it hit me!! BAM! JAM! Well, it didn’t really hit me, but it sounds good doesn’t it?!!?
My secret ingredient for Simple Strawberry Shortcake is…STRAWBERRY JAM!
I decided to try the homemade strawberry jam I had made the week before as a substitute in place of the granulated sugar we typically use…WOW!!! I will NEVER go back. Sweet, juicy, and absolutely delicious! I love when mistakes work out!
Just in case you were wondering…I made sure to tell my mom about the new secret ingredient we all need to use now. She’s on board 🙂 !
8 Reasons why this recipe is super simple, delicious, and absolutely beautiful!
- 10 minute prep and it’s ready to go!
- Only 4 ingredients
- Make the strawberry filling the same day or a day or two ahead and it’s still delicious!
- The colors are absolutely stunning!
- This dessert is cool, sweet, and oh so refreshing on a hot summer day!
- This is a great way to use up some of your strawberries if you recently went strawberry picking
- The recipe can be easily doubled depending on how many you’re feeding
- If you make homemade strawberry jam, it’s a great way to use up your jam!
The Cast of Characters…
Simple Strawberry Shortcake
Ingredients
- 4 Vanilla Dessert Shells
- 8 Medium Sized Strawberries
- 2 tbsp Strawberry Jam (homemade if you have it, or store bought jam is great too!)
- 1 cup Cool Whip (divided between the 4 dessert shells…or more if you’re a cool whip lover like me!)
Instructions
- Set dessert shells on a platter or individual plates
- Wash and dice the strawberries
- Put the diced strawberries in a small mixing bowl
- Add 2 tbsp of strawberry jam to the diced strawberries
- Mix the strawberries and jam until combined
- Spoon the strawberry mixture evenly between all dessert shells
- Add a dollop (or more!) of cool whip on top of the strawberry mixture
- Enjoy!
