Strawberries & Cream Squares recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• ⅓ cup shortening
• 5 tablespoons butter

  or ⅓ cup
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 8 ounces cream cheese

  room temperature
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 ½ cups strawberries

  chopped
• ⅓ cup water
• 1 (8 ounce tub) whipped topping

  such as Cool Whip, thawed

Instructions

• 1 Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, and preheat oven to 350˚F.
• 2 In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream together shortening, butter and ¾ cups of
  sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract. Blend together.
• 3 In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, flour, and salt.
• 4 Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture and mix until well blended.
  Spread over prepared baking dish.
• 5 Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden brown.
• 6 Remove from oven and cool.
• 7 Add white chocolate chips to a microwaveable bowl. Microwave for 30 second
  intervals, stirring in between each, until just melted.
• 8 Mix melted chocolate with cream cheese until blended.
• 9 Spread mixture evenly over cookie crust. Refrigerate until cool.
• 10 In a small saucepan, mix together ½ cup sugar and cornstarch. Add strawberries
  and water.
• 11 Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then remove and let cool for 10 minutes.
• 12 Pour strawberry mixture over cream cheese layer and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 13 Once thoroughly cooled, top with Cool Whip and serve!

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