Dessert Nirvana

This afternoon I made a simple, delicious peach cobbler and tonight we gobbled it up with fresh whipped cream - soooooooooooo good!

You don't have to subject yourself to that spray stuff or the creepy, waxy frozen chemicals known as "whipped topping." It's NOT hard to make real whipped cream, and believe me, the taste and texture difference are incredible!

Real Whipped Cream:

• 1 - 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla for each 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar for each 1 cup whipping cream (this is my preferred ratio; adjust to your taste depending on desired sweetness)

1. Chill a metal bowl and the beaters from your hand mixer/the whisk attachment from your stand mixer in the fridge until ice cold.
2. Remove bowl and beaters/whisk from fridge and pour in whipping cream.
3. Beat on HIGH until just before stiff peaks form - you want little, soft peaks at this point.
4. Add vanilla and powdered sugar.
5. Beat again stiff peaks form. DON'T over-beat or your whipped cream will get clumpy and butter-ish!
6. Use on top of your favorite dessert, and be prepared to NEVER buy the canned/frozen stuff again!