Fruit Crepes

Fruit Crepes

8-10 Crepes (see recipe below)

Cream cheese filling (see recipe below)

1/2 lb. strawberries, sliced

1-2 bananas, sliced

Spread approximately one spoonful of cream cheese filling onto a crepe.  Place strawberries and bananas (or other fruit of choice), down the center line of the crepe.  Roll and enjoy!

Crepes

(found on allrecipes.com, changes marked in green text)

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 1/2 C. milk

2 Tbls. butter, melted

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 C. all-purpose flour

2 Tbls. white sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1. In large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter, vanilla, flour, sugar, and salt until smooth.

2. Heat a medium-sized skillet or crepe pan over medium heat.  Grease pan with spray oil.  Using a serving spoon or small ladle, spoon about 1/4 C. crepe batter into hot pan, tilting the pan so that bottom surface is evenly coasted.  Cook over medium heat, 1 to 2 minutes per side, or until golden brown.  Serve immediately.

Cream Cheese Filling

(Shaliese creation)

1/2 container cool whip, or equivalent whipped cream

3 oz. cream cheese

1/4 C. powdered sugar

Combine cool whip and cream cheese in a medium bowl with an electric beater until smooth.  Gradually add powdered sugar, 1 Tbls. at a time, until filling is sufficiently sweetened.

Commentary:

I felt that this recipe deserved to be posted first since it was while making that these crepes that I realized that I should really just make my own food blog to keep track of my recipes.  Why?  For one, they were really good and we will definitely want to make them again and two, I often use the cream cheese filling in desserts with strawberries and have never really bothered to write down specific measurements.  So, now I have.  I also love to put this on white or yellow cake, then cover with sliced strawberries. 

As for the crepes, I think they would be great with more savory fillings as well (cheese, veggies, etc.), but I would probably omit the vanilla if that was my intended use.  Even with it, I think it would work well either way!