Lightly Sweetened Whipped Heavy Cream

One of my favorite ways to eat strawberries is to heap whipped cream on top of them. A mere 8 oz of heavy cream makes about 2 cups of whipped cream. It's easy to make even if you don't have an electric mixer with a balloon whisk. It's the perfect accompaniment in colder weather when you don't want to scarf down strawberries with ice cream.

Ingredients

8 oz heavy cream
2 tbsp powdered sugar

Directions

In a sealable, sturdy container large enough to hold two cups of volume, add heavy cream and powdered sugar. I use a pint mason jar.

Whisk with a balloon whisk until stiff peaks form. By hand, this takes about 5-10 minutes. With a stick blender or electric mixer and balloon whisk attachment, this takes about 2-3 minutes.

Don't overbeat the cream unless you are trying to make butter.

Btw, you can also add this to fresh brewed coffee or hot cocoa to create sweetened foam on top of your drink.