What to do with that 33 oz jar of organic strawberry spreadable fruit that you just had to buy because it was only $4.69 at Costco

Or:

For Scandie Girls Who Have Considered The 33 Oz Jar From Costco When The 12 Oz Jar From Rainbow Is Enuf

(May Ntozake Shange forgive me)

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1) Make strawberry bread.

STRAWBERRY BREAD

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. lemon juice or 1/4 tsp. lemon extract
4 eggs
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in 1/2 cup sour cream
3 cups flour
1 cup organic strrawberry spreadable fruit

Blend butter, sugar, vanilla, salt and lemon juice. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in soda mixture. Fold in flour and organic strawberry spreadable fruit.
Pour batter into 2 large or 4 small greased loaf pans. Bake at 350F for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.

–recipe from the 1979 edition cookbook of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Beldenville, WI

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2) Make strawberry bars.

STRAWBERRY BARS

1 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/3 c. firm butter
1/4 c. milk
Powdered sugar
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. oatmeal
1 egg
2/3 c. organic strawberry spreadable fruit

In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and granulated sugar; mix in oatmeal. Cut in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Beat egg and milk. Gradually add egg mixture to flour mixture, mixing until well blended. Spread about half of the dough in a greased, paper lined or non stick 8″ square baking pan. Spread evenly with organic strawberry spreadable fruit. Drop remaining dough evenly by spoonfuls over organic strawberry spreadable fruit. Bake at 375F degrees until well browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Cut into bars while still warm. Sift lightly with powdered sugar.

–I’ve had this recipe for years. It’s handwritten on a 3×5 index card. I dunno where it came from. Kismet!

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3) Stir 2/3 cup organic strawberry spreadable fruit into 4 cups of plain yogurt.

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4) Make french toast; top with organic strawberry spreadable fruit and a little powdered sugar.

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5) Take any leftover organic strawberry spreadable fruit and put it in a disposable gladware-type container. Put the container in a plain brown paper bag. Place the bag on the front steps of the house of the neighbors who left 15 zucchini on your front steps last August. Ring doorbell. Run.

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[UPDATE]

In the comments, my excellent friend Idyllopus makes the following excellent point:

Idyllopus Says:
March 12th, 2007 at 12:41 am
I don’t believe for one second that back in 1979 Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Beldenville, Wisconsin was promoting the joys of organic strawberry spreadable fruit.

Of course you’re right, Idy.  What I should have said right off the bat was that these recipes originally stipulated the use of strawberry jam or preserves.  Wherever that ingredient appears in the recipes I have substituted “organic strawberry spreadable fruit”.  

Sorry for the omission! 

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