I have made this recipe for a couple of get-togethers with friends and everyone has LOVED it including me! This is the perfect summer dessert dish (from kraftfoods.com) for your 4th of July parties and it’s easy.

If I can do it, you can do it.

Simply Sensational Strawberry Shortcake

what you need!

1-1/4 cups milk, divided

1/4 cup  BREAKSTONE’S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

3 Tbsp. sugar

2-1/4 cups  all-purpose baking mix

1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

1 tub  (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

4 cups sliced fresh strawberries

1/3 cup  sugar

make it!

HEAT oven to 425°F.

BEAT 1/2 cup milk, sour cream and 3 Tbsp. sugar in large bowl with whisk until well blended. Stir in baking mix just until moistened. Spread onto bottom of greased 9-inch round pan. Bake 12 to 15 min. or until golden brown. Cool in pan 5 min. Remove cake from pan to wire rack; cool completely.

BEAT pudding mix and remaining milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in half the COOL WHIP. Toss strawberries with 1/3 cup sugar.

CUT cake horizontally in half; stack layers on plate, filling with half the strawberry mixture and all the pudding mixture. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and strawberry mixture. Serve immediately.