I made her a Galette

Hi, friends.... Hope all is well in your world.

 Things are very good around Sweet Nothings. 

May 20th was daughter, STACY, and her JENT'S

24th wedding anniversary.

I wanted to take a homemade dessert....

but something a little different from a PIE or CAKE....

AND

something LIGHT and not full of nasty ole calories.

and, in one of my COUNTRY LIVING magazines, I found this

RUSTIC STRAWBERRY
GALETTE 
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HERE is the recipe.

(Now, I changed up the recipe a tad...
I used IDEAL sugar sub. instead of REAL sugar....
and I used NO FAT cream cheese.) 

            Galette is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes..pies.


This is so pretty...I just HAD to make her one...and....


      I DID !!

This is the SWEETEST dough I have EVER worked with.

With COLD BUTTER chunks....as well as CREAM CHEESE chunks....

and NO FOOR PROCESSOR,

I was worried that I would have a hard time getting it all mixed....

Not to worry....

my heavy duty hand mixer, a fork and, at one point, clean, scrubbed hands,

it all went together beautifully.

Into fridge for an hour or so...

tightly wrapped in plastic wrap.

Altho I had all ingredients for the luscious PASTRY,
I did NOT have 2 lbs of FRESH STRAWBERRIES. on hand.

Sooo, after washing up all the tools and dishes used.....

I fixed myself a light breakfast..

Mr. Sweet wasn't at home to join me.

and off to the store to buy STRAWBERRIES.

O yes....we DO use PAPER PLATES...and RED SOLO CUPS....:>) 

The strawberries are LARGE...and so sweet ...

and, at least for right now, they are very low in cost.

After the pastry had chilled,
I rolled it to a 12" circle, 1/4" thick,
between sheets of parchment paper.

 Now, isn't this just beautiful !!!!!

I was afraid of 

MUTATION

in the oven....

I've put things into that hot oven looking mighty FINE...

THEN...

when I take it out, it looks like a totally

different THING.

But, this time, it turned out just NEARLY as pretty as the magazine photo....

Well, I think I added THIS photo twice......o, well

and my sweet daughter LOVED IT....!!

Makes me happy to do something for her that she wasn't expecting.

This wasn't HARD to make...just took a little time, letting the pastry chill a couple of times.

Served with sweet whipped cream, it's a really GOOD dessert and very impressive.

I was so afraid I'd burn my crust, I had to put it back into the oven for a few more minutes.

It came out beautifully.

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I have another 2 lbs of fresh strawberries and I just saw an awesome recipe for a

FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE

over at MIZ HELEN'S COUNTRY COTTAGE.

Playing in these parties...and havin' fun.
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YOU  AND YOUR PINK SATURDAY. (I'm thinking very seriously about bringing back my
PINK SATURDAY HUNKS again, for awhile :))