Summer Surprise Dessert

Tweeky's Note:

This recipe came from a "Dear Abby" column in the daily paper a short while back when someone was requesting a copy of her "family favorite" dessert recipe. Prep time is an estimate.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12-16

Yield: 1.0 dish

• 1 cup fresh seedless grapes, halved
• 1 cup fresh whole blueberries
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, halved
• 1 cup fresh peach, cut in bite-sized pieces
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups sour cream

Directions:

1. In 9x12-inch glass dish, combine fruit and mix well.
2. Sprinkle brown sugar over the fruit.
3. Top with sour cream.
4. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.
5. The sour cream will seep through the brown sugar to the fruit.
6. To serve: gently stir the fruit; spoon into sherbet glasses.
7. TIP: Any combination of fruits may be used: fresh plums, kiwi, raspberries, pitted bing cherries, etc.
8. However, fresh peaches, fresh grapes, and fresh blueberries are a necessity.
9. Frozen or canned fruits are not recommended.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

Great late night snack. Although I did not have grapes I substituted fresh raspberries in their place. I did use frozen peach slices and Balkan (thick) yogurt for the sour cream to be corn free! I followed the rest adding a little bit of banana that needed using up. (no it wasn't brown or mushy).