Makes 4-5 parfaits

You will need:

• 1 qt of blueberries
• 1 qt of strawberries
• Vanilla, All Natural Vanilla Bean, French Vanilla or All American Perry’s Ice Cream
• whipped cream
• star fruit for garnish (optional)
• American Flag cocktail sticks or any other decorative sticks (optional)

Directions:

1. Wash and cut strawberries
2. Layer strawberries on the bottom of parfait glasses
3. Second layer – ice cream – try to add “shaves” of ice cream instead of round scoops to create a flat layer
4. Layer blueberries next
5. Optional: If your parfait glass height allows add another layer of ice cream followed by a layer of strawberries
6. Place your parfaits in the freezer until you are ready to serve
7. Pull parfaits out, add whipped cream as the top layer
8. Optional: garnish with starfruit, strawberries and decorative cocktail sticks

Enjoy! Improvements, suggestions, your own recipes – do share (in comments below, via Facebook or Twitter)!

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4th of July Ice Cream Cake

For the cake:

• 1.5 qt of Perry’s Ice Cream Vanilla, All Natural Vanilla Bean Ice Cream or French Vanilla
• 1 pt of blueberries
• 1 pt of raspberries or strawberries

For the cake crust:

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

For serving:

• whipped cream (optional)
• caramel or chocolate sauce (optional)

Steps:

1. Prepare the crust, spread the crumbs in the bottom of a round spring form pan, cool down. To make the graham cracker pie crumbs, preheat the oven to 350°F. Stir together the melted butter and graham cracker crumbs.  Spoon out graham cracker crumbs onto a small baking sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Bonus – the whole house fills with graham cracker aroma goodness – better than any scented candle!
2. As you are pulling the graham cracker crumbs out of the oven, take the ice cream out of the freezer to temper, so it is easy to spread into the form later.
3. Once the crumbs are cooled off, layer ice cream in the cake form on top of the crumbs, freeze for 20-30 minutes.
4. Pull the cake our of the freezer and layer the fruit on top, return the cake to the freezer until you are ready to serve.

Enjoy! Improvements, suggestions, your own recipes – do share (in comments below, via Facebook or Twitter)!

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While we can’t completely take away your pre-holiday picnic hustle, your Chief Summer Officers prepared some relief from this hectic planning.

Ta-da! Your dessert choices are:

Photos and recipes via MarthaStewart.com, SouthernLiving.com, Culinary.net, RealSimple.com, Better Homes and Gardens - bhg.com and Epicurious.com

Top Three:

• Vanilla-Raspberry Sundaes with Spoon-Shaped Cookies
• Red, White, Blue and Delicious
• Star Spangled Black Forest Ice Cream Cake

Middle Three:

• Berry and Cream Shortcakes
• Red, White, and Blue Parfaits
• Red, White and Blueberry Ice Cream Dessert

Bottom Four:

• Strawberry-chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
• Classic Blueberry Ice Cream Pie
• Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Cake
• Striped Ice Cream Cake

You are welcome! Let us know how did they turn out and post pictures to our Facebook wall.

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