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Strawberries with Sour Cream sweetened with brown sugar is one of those food combinations that may surprise you but your are going to love! It is a delicious treat that is perfect for snacking or part of a brunch or breakfast.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
I am a big fan of brunch and today’s recipe is one of my favorite things to serve for a brunch.
This is one of those treats that you may raise your eye brows at when you first hear about it, you may even think you don’t like sour cream so you won’t like it. I don’t like sour cream by itself but I LOVE this combination. The sweetness of the brown sugar and the sour of the sour cream are a perfect combo. This is one of my favorite things to make when I have fresh strawberries out of the garden. I have found that smaller strawberries work the best because they tend to be sweeter but I’ll use whatever strawberries I can find.
Ingredients Needed
- Sour cream. I recommend using full fat sour cream, none of that no fat stuff. I also have substituted plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream.
- Brown Sugar. Use fresh brown sugar so it is nice and soft, you don’t want any hard lumps in your brown sugar.
- Strawberries. I prefer smaller strawberries as they tend to be sweeter but I will use whatever I can get my hands on! With the larger strawberries you are also tempted to double dip!
How To Make Strawberries with Sour Cream
Method One:
- Mix the sour cream and the brown sugar together to make a creamy mixture.
- Dip strawberries.
Method 2:
The other way is a little bit more fun but a little messier.
- Serve the strawberries with a bowl of sour cream and a bowl of brown sugar.
- Dip your strawberry into the sour cream.
- Dip strawberries into brown sugar.
- Enjoy immediately. The brown sugar will start to melt into the sour cream soon after dipping so don’t delay.
Tips from Leigh Anne
- No matter how you decide to serve it, it is delicious! If you mix sour cream and brown sugar together, you can also spoon the cream over the top of fruit that is too small for dipping such as blueberries and raspberries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use dark brown sugar?
Yes, it will give you a richer flavor and is delicious. You can also use coconut sugar.
Can I use other fruit?
This brown sugar cream is delicious on any fruit such as peaches, nectarines, blackberries or other berries. For smaller fruit such as raspberries or blueberries, that would be difficult to dip, you will want to pour the cream over the top of the fruit
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Strawberries with Sour Cream
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup regular sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar add more if you want it sweeter.
- 2 pint strawberries
Instructions
- Mix the sour cream and brown sugar in a small bowl. Or you can serve the brown sugar in one bowl and the sour cream in one bowl separately. Use a little more brown sugar if you are doing this, usually equal parts sour cream to brown sugar.
- Serve alongside strawberries
Tips & Notes:
- No matter how you decide to serve it, it is delicious! If you mix sour cream and brown sugar together, you can also spoon the cream over the top of fruit that is too small for dipping such as blueberries and raspberries.
Nutrition Facts:
b says
Yummy with the fresh strawberries.
Dennis says
I loved this!!
Added a little vanilla extract
Charlie says
I have never had sour cream with fruit, but I do like it with double cream and brown sugar.
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
The brown sugar balances out the sourness of the sour cream.
Jennifer says
I’ve been making this for years. We call it Strawberries Romanov. I’ve never tried the 2nd version. Will be trying it soon!
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
It’s one of my favorite ways to enjoy fresh strawberries!