Recipe: Old Glory Dessert

Old Glory Dessert
One of my favorite 4th of July recipes!

{recipe & photo from taste of home}

Ingredients

• 1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2 packages (one 8 ounces, one 3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 2 cups quartered fresh strawberries

Directions

1. Press cookie dough into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
2. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Set aside 1/4 cup. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture over crust.Decorate with blueberries and strawberries to resemble a flag.
3. Cut a small hole in a corner of a pastry or plastic bag. Insert star tip #16. Fill with reserved cream cheese mixture. Beginning in one corner, pipe stars in the spaces between the blueberries. Yield: 12-15 servings. Old Glory Dessert Reci

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What are your 4th of July favorites?
Traditions?