Ingredients
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2 eggs
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16 ounces strawberries (black berries, blue berries, raspberries and strawberries) or 16 ounces berries, a mixture of wild (black berries, blue berries, raspberries and strawberries)
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2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
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2 cups whipping cream or 2 cups Cool Whip
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1 cup flour, used unbleached
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1 tablespoon oil, not olive
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
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1 1/2 cups milk
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cooking spray (pam)
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chocolate syrup or chocolate shavings
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almonds, sliced toasted
Instructions
- Filling:
- Hull, rinse and slice strawberries into a bowl.
- Add brown sugar and toss until well coated; set aside.
- In a separate bowl whip whipping cream and refrigerate.
- Crepes:
- In a medium bowl whisk all ingredients together until there are no more lumps.
- Over medium heat, heat crepe pan or non-stick frying pan.
- When heated remove from heat and spray with cooking oil.
- Pour a 1/3 cup of the batter in the pan. Quickly lift pan and tilt and turn until batter evenly covers the bottom.
- Cook over medium heat for 30 - 45 seconds until the edges are dry enough to get a spatula under to flip.
- Cook for another 30 seconds on the other side.
- Should not be totally browned.
- Remove from pan onto a plate.
- Spray pan with cooking spray and repeat for the rest of the batter.
- Stack crepes with wax paper between so they can be easily separated.
- Crepes can be made ahead of time.
- Can also be frozen wrap first in wax paper then put into plastic bag and then foil.
- They stay moist if this is done when still slightly warm.
- Assembly:
- Down the middle 1/3 of the crepe spread one or 2 heaping spoons of whipped cream (about 2-3" wide).
- On top of the whipped cream spoon some of the berry sugar mixture.
- Fold one side of the crepe over the mixture and then the other side over first side.
- Top with a spoon of berry sugar mixture, whipped cream. Drizzle chocolate syrup or sprinkle shaved chocolate and sliced almond optional.
- Enjoy.