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Ice Cream & Sorbets work just as well to help cool down a hot summer day as they do to chill a slice of hot apple pie. Sorbets are generally lighter desserts than ice cream, and both will satisfy your sweet tooth.
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Fruit Freezies
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
Fruit Freezies
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Try any of these favorite fruit combinations or create your own!
Ingredients:
1-1/2
cups (12 ounces) canned or thawed frozen peach slices, drained
3/4
cup peach nectar
1
tablespoon sugar
1/4
to 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
Preparation:
1.
Place peaches, nectar, sugar and coconut extract, if desired, in food processor or blender container; process until smooth.
2.
Spoon 2 tablespoons fruit mixture into each mold of ice cube tray.*
*Or, pour 1/3 cup fruit mixture into each of 8 plastic popsicle molds or small paper or plastic cups. Freeze until almost firm. Insert wooden stick into center of each mold; freeze until firm.
3.
Freeze until almost firm. Insert frill pick into center of each cube; freeze until firm.
Apricot Freezies:
Substitute canned apricot halves for peach slices and apricot nectar for peach nectar.Pear Freezies:
Substitute canned pear slices for peach slices, pear nectar for peach nectar and almond extract for coconut extract, if desired.Mango Freezies:
Substitute chopped fresh mango for peach slices and mango nectar for peach nectar. Omit coconut extract.Pineapple Freezies:
Substitute crushed pineapple for peach slices and unsweetened pineapple juice for peach nectar.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 2 cubes | |
| Sodium | 2 mg |
| Protein | <1 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Total Fat | <1 g |
| Calories from Fat | 1 % |
| Calories | 19 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fruit | 1/2 |
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Publications International, Ltd., the Editors of. "Fruit Freezies." 31 August 2006. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/fruit-freezies-recipe.htm> 16 May 2008.
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