One of the best things about summer is all the sweet fruit that is in season. I love it all but peaches, nectarines and blackberries are three of my favorite summer fruits.
After signing up for the Blog Life University Conference, I learned about the Sweet & Southern Dessert Recipe Contest sponsored by Dixie Crystals (more details on how you can enter below). I decided to try my hand at creating a unique dessert recipe using my favorite summer fruits and entering it into the contest. Now folks, I don’t cook a lot and definitely don’t bake much so any recipe I created had to be super easy and not require a lot of ingredients.
After some pondering, I decided to go totally southern and combine biscuits and my favorite summer fruits and created a Sweet & Summer Fruit Calzone recipe.
Yum! If I must say so myself, my little dessert recipe turned out great and is a perfect treat during summer.
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Here’s what you’ll need to make this recipe
SWEET & SOUTHERN FRUIT CALZONE
Ingredients:
1 16 oz. can of large Pillsbury Grands Flaky Biscuits (I told you this was an easy recipe)
2 Fresh Peaches (anyone else smell their peaches to find the best ones?)
2 Fresh Nectarines (firm but not hard is best)
1 cup fresh blackberries, sliced
1/2 c Dixie Crystals brown sugar
1 egg white
2 to 3 tbsp. of Dixie Crystals granulated sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine peaches, nectarines, blackberries and brown sugar
- Using a rolling pin, roll each biscuit to a 6-7 inch circle. Scoop fruit and brown sugar mixture on one side of a flattened biscuit. *cute rolling pin from Anthropologie not required but helpful
- Fold each biscuit over and using a fork seal the edges (like the pros do on The Chew)
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place fruit calzones approx. 1/2″ apart
- Lightly wisk egg white and coat the top of each calzone
- Generously sprinkle on granulated sugar to coat the surface
- Bake approx. 20 minutes or until golden brown
- Enjoy (alone or with a scoop of your favorite ice cream)!
So do you want to know how you can get in on the contest fun and win a ticket to Blog Life University?
All you have to do is create a unique recipe around this year’s theme of Sweet and Southern Dessert. The only rule is to create a unique recipe that uses at least 1 tablespoon of sugar. Don’t delay because the contest ends at midnight 7/10/16. All winners will be secretly notified by 7/19/16 so don’t wait to get your conference ticket. The official Grand Prize winner will be announced during the Dixie Crystal’s Sweet Spa Reception Friday night. Full contest rules can be found here.
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