Simple & Sweet July 4th Recipes

• 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
• 7 tablespoons of melted, unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 12 ounces of softened, white cream cheese
• ½ cup of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla extract
• ¾ cups of jam (strawberry)
• 1 pint of blueberries

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil, greased. Stir graham-cracker crumbs, butter and sugar in a bowl. Press it into the bottom of the baking pan. Place the pan in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. In a small bowl blend cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Pour the mixture over the crust, and bake for 45 minutes. Place in the refrigerator to cool. Cook the strawberry jam over a low heat in a small saucepan. Strain out the strawberries. Once the jam has cooled, pour it into a plastic bag and seal it. Once cool, lift the foil liner with the cheesecake out of the pan. Peel away the foil and cut 12 pieces. Decorate each square to look like a flag. Use the blueberries as the stars for the flag. Cut a hole in the corner of the bag of jam and draw lines as the stripes on the flag.

• 8 ounces of white baking chocolate
• 24 pretzel rods
• Red, white and blue candy stars or sprinkles

• Vanilla ice cream
• Blueberry sherbert
• Strawberry sauce
• Fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
• Red, white and blue sprinkles
• Red, white and blue M&Ms
• Waffle cone bowls
• Whipped cream

Directions
Set up a table designated for the ice cream sundae bar. At the beginning of the table, put out the waffle cone bowls, spoons, and napkins. Then put out the ice cream and place two scoops next to your ice cream containers in a bowl with water (to rinse the scoops). Places toppings in bowls with spoons that can be used to scoop out each topping. Let guests go through and create their own patriotic sundae!