Frozen Cranberry Pie Recipe

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"Like everyone else, I like desserts but don't need the calories," says Julie Meyer of Madison, Wisconsin. "I make this pie for my roommates, and they never complain...they just gobble it up!"

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Frozen Cranberry Pie Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + freezing

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce
3/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
5 cups reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, softened
4 to 5 drops red food coloring, optional
1/2 cup crushed chocolate wafers (about 9 wafers)
16 fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
8 orange peel strips
2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

In a bowl, whisk cranberry sauce and orange peel until blended. Fold in ice cream and food coloring if desired. Cover and freeze for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, sprinkle crushed wafers in a 9-in. pie plate coated with cooking spray. Freeze for 10 minutes. Spoon ice cream mixture into pie plate. Cover and freeze 4 hours or until firm. Toss cranberries and orange peel in sugar. Remove pie from freezer 10-15 minutes before cutting. Garnish with sugared cranberries and orange peel. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One piece equals 209 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 117 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Frozen Cranberry Pie in Light & Tasty October/November 2004, p60