Strawberry Crepes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 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)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 2 cups whipping cream or 2 cups cool whip
• 1 cup flour, used unbleached
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon oil, not olive
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• cooking spray (pam)
• chocolate syrup (optional) or chocolate shavings (optional)
• almonds, sliced toasted (optional)

Recipe

• 1 filling:.
• 2 hull, rinse and slice strawberries into a bowl.
• 3 add brown sugar and toss until well coated; set aside.
• 4 in a separate bowl whip whipping cream and refrigerate.
• 5 crepes:.
• 6 in a medium bowl whisk all ingredients together until there are no more lumps.
• 7 over medium heat, heat crepe pan or non-stick frying pan.
• 8 when heated remove from heat and spray with cooking oil.
• 9 pour a 1/3 cup of the batter in the pan. quickly lift pan and tilt and turn until batter evenly covers the bottom.
• 10 cook over medium heat for 30 - 45 seconds until the edges are dry enough to get a spatula under to flip.
• 11 cook for another 30 seconds on the other side.
• 12 should not be totally browned.
• 13 remove from pan onto a plate.
• 14 spray pan with cooking spray and repeat for the rest of the batter.
• 15 stack crepes with wax paper between so they can be easily separated.
• 16 crepes can be made ahead of time.
• 17 can also be frozen wrap first in wax paper then put into plastic bag and then foil.
• 18 they stay moist if this is done when still slightly warm.
• 19 assembly:.
• 20 down the middle 1/3 of the crepe spread one or 2 heaping spoons of whipped cream (about 2-3" wide).
• 21 on top of the whipped cream spoon some of the berry sugar mixture.
• 22 fold one side of the crepe over the mixture and then the other side over first side.
• 23 top with a spoon of berry sugar mixture, whipped cream. drizzle chocolate syrup or sprinkle shaved chocolate and sliced almond optional.
• 24 enjoy.