Strawberry Sunday

For Serving Up Sarah's first sale, I made a strawberry cheesecake with fresh strawberries and strawberry jelly as the topping:

The topping takes about 5 minutes to make, depending on how fast you can slice your strawberries. You can make this with pretty much any berry you choose, but since strawberries are so big I recommend at least cutting them into halves, if not thirds. This would also go well on ice cream or regular cake I'm sure.

When you heat the jelly in the pan, make sure you take it off the heat before it turns to liquid; you want a thick liquid not something watery. Basically, you want to heat it just until the jelly is smooth (i.e. no more lumpies).

Strawberry Topping

1 pound fresh strawberries, rinsed and cut into halves or thirds

1 cup strawberry jelly (not jam)

Heat jelly over medium heat until smooth. Off the heat, combine with strawberries. Top cooled cheesecake and refrigerate until ready to serve.