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If you’re looking for a last-minute dessert for your patriotic party, look no farther than these No-Bake Red, White and Blue Parfaits.
Grab a glass if you’re feeling fancy, or a plastic cup if you’re celebrating poolside or outdoors, and go to town layering cookie crumbs, sweetened whipped cream, and fresh red and blue berries.
That’s your red, white and blue, right there.
Happy birthday to all of US!
A patriotic parfait is easy with red berries, blue berries, white whipped cream and some cookie crumbs. Layer in glass if you’re serving inside, or in clear plastic cups if outside.
Ingredients
- Plain cookies (I used lemon sugar cookies)
- Fresh strawberries or raspberries
- Fresh blueberries or blackberries
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- Whipped cream layer
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- A few grains table salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
Directions
- Place a couple of cookies in a zipper-top bag and crush using a rolling pin (or whirl in a blender until they break up into crumbs).
- Make the whipped cream: Add 1 cup whipping cream, sugar, salt and extracts to a cold glass mixing bowl. Whip using an electric beater, and as it begins to thicken, stop the mixer and give it a taste. If it is not sweet enough for you, add a snitch more powdered sugar. I don't like to oversweeten my whipped cream; remember, the berries and cookie crumbs will be sweet. Continue beating for a few more seconds until you have soft peaks.
- Layer your parfaits in glass, so you can see the pretty colors. Start with the cookie layer, and then a layer of berries, then whipped cream, then another color berries, then whipped cream, and then a couple of cookie crumbs or berries for a pretty finish!
- If you have a tiny little paper American flag, it wouldn't be wrong to stick one of those in there.
- Makes 6-8, depending on what size glass you use.
Notes
Recipe source: Inspired by Easy Cherry and Biscoff Parfaits from Adventures in All Things Food.
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Inspiration for this easy, patriotic dessert today came from Andrea Kruse at Adventures in All Things Food. It is Secret Recipe Club day today, and hers is the blog I was assigned to investigate and cook from this month. Today is our “reveal day,” and I’m happy to have had the chance to cook from Andrea’s blog this past month.
I was spelunking around in her blog for the past weeks, enjoying her recipes and her chat about life on her Oregon farm, and stumbled across her Skillet Baked Pesto Potato dish. I know my family would enjoy that, as well as her hearty Zucchini Bread Pancakes, which sound like just about the most delicious way to use up the summer zuke glut. And I really cannot take my eyes off her lovely Apple Crostata, which is simply a rustic tart with the crust edges folded over the fruit piled high in the middle. She brilliantly drizzled caramel sauce over hers.
But since it is the Fourth of July, I went with her parfaits, and decided to take them in a red, white and blue direction. She calls hers Cherry and Biscoff Parfaits, because she used cherry pie filling and Biscoff cookies for the crust. I couldn’t find Biscoff, so I went with Lemon Wafer Cookies (like vanilla wafers only lemon wafers) because I think lemon suits berries. Please your own taste buds when you are making this.
Crush the cookies in a zipper-top bag, using a rolling pin.
Thanks, Andrea, for a delicious month!
If you’d like to see what else the Secret Recipe Club cooked up this month, browse the photo array below and click on any link to go to that recipe.
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I’m totally craving a tasty parfait right now! These look and sound amazing!
These look amazing and I love the patriotic flair.
Almond extract does wonders for homemade whipped cream. Looks delightful!
Lauren,
Almond extract is my favorite little trick.
These look so fun and festive! Perfect for the celebration!
this looks so good and easy to make. The lemon cookies would make a perfect compliment with the berries.. yummy
Dahn,
It’s funny how much that little shot of lemon adds to this!
I love how quick and easy these are! Yum!
These look delicious – and perfect for these hot summer days where I refuse to turn the stove and oven on! 🙂
Amen to leaving the stove and oven untouched on sweltering days, Laura!
I love the not too heavy aspect of this dessert — not to mention the ease of preparation!
Lisa,
And you can make them whatever size you like…small is good.
I love that I was able to make these up in just minutes! They came in super handy when someone called that they were stopping by this morning…. It was perfect with coffee while we visited! (and my motherinlaw thought I was so awesome making something on the fly!
Michele,
Awesome! I am so glad they worked out for you exactly as intended!
What an easy recipe that I can even have the kids make themselves. Love the simplicity of it and the fruit is just an added bonus.
What a pretty dessert! And light … not heavy and rich, but refreshing! Perfect for pool days… always need a pick me up while swimming!
Apron,
Totally agree! This is fantastic for pool days. And you can make it in the morning and keep it in little plastic cups in the refrig.
Happy Fourth of July! This is a perfect dessert for the holiday and your July SRC pick. I am making a stock pile of no bake desserts. This one is being add.
These are perfect for 4th of July! They look so pretty and would make the perfect light dessert.
LOVE these! They are so pretty and they sound so delicious!
Those look fantastic, love fresh fruit at this time of year anyway. Great choice. I got Andrea’s blog awhile back and had fun going through it.
Cannot be more perfect – A Reveal Day on the 4th, and the best dessert ever for the occasion, light, beautiful, red, white and blue…
What a lovely, refreshing dessert. Looks wonderful and great fruit flavours
Dorothy, you picked the perfect dessert for our reveal day! Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday.
I was assigned your blog this month and made your Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas. They were a big hit with my family! 🙂
Leslie,
Thank you! I am so very glad you liked them! Off to check out your post!
You used “spelunking!” and I am so jealous of that burned baking sheet! I have met it personally and I love the photo you produced with it. =)
Karen,
Spelunking is one of my favorite words. 🙂 The burned baking sheet….I am off to show Nancy Eisman how pretty it is.
Absolutely perfect for the Fourth! They look delicious.