Dana's Strawberry Dessert

About 10 years ago I had major surgery. Since I was to be out of commission for several weeks, our friends were nice enough to bring us food. I was glad, too since IT Guy and the kitchen are not BFF's. We had such good meals. I remember lots of them. But one thing I remember most was this dessert. Dana brought it in a 9x13 pan and I think at the time there were only 3 of us living at home so it was a LOT. But..wow..did we enjoy this. I guess you could say it's a sly way to make strawberry shortcake. Now to be honest, I never asked Dana how to make this...but I'm thinking this is pretty close. It's pretty yummy, too!

Dana’s Strawberry Dessert (That She Brought Me When I Was Sick)



1 boxed yellow cake mix – baked according to directions
1 large vanilla instant pudding – made with two cups of milk
1 8-ounce Cool Whip
1 16-ounce container frozen, sweetened strawberries - thawed

Bake cake in a 9x13 inch pan. Allow to cool.

Make pudding and spread over cooled cake.

Spread thawed strawberries over pudding.

Spread with Cool Whip and allow to chill.

Okee doke....so this is what you'll need. 

And the stuff to make the cake and pudding, of course.

After you've baked the cake and allowed 

it to cool, spread the pudding over the cake. 

Then add the strawberries. I didn't use ALL of 

the juice in the container...but almost.

On top of the berries, add the Cool Whip. 

Or if you're a purist, REAL whipped cream.

Allow it to sit in the fridge for a few 

hours to soak up some of the juice.

Yeast Rolls in Muffin Cups

Back when I was a new bride...I knew nothing about cooking. But I knew IT Guy liked to eat so that meant I had to learn. One thing he loved...and still loves today, is a nice pot roast dinner. And what pot roast dinner is complete without some yummy bread? I had a friend back then....and still have her today (Hi Crys!!) that gave me an easy recipe for yeast rolls. There's some rising time involved but no rolling out or forming the dough. Mix, scoop and bake. They're that easy and even more delicious!



Yeast Rolls in Muffin Cups

1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon salt
1 package yeast
1 egg
2 teaspoons sugar
2 ¼ cups flour
2 tablespoons shortening

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in sugar, salt and half of flour. Beat until smooth then add the egg and shortening. Beat in rest of flour. Scrape sides of bowl and cover. Let rise 30 minutes. Grease 12 muffin cups. Stir down dough and fill muffin cups half full. Let rise 20 – 30 minutes. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees until golden brown.

Makes 12 rolls