2010-07-01 / Cookin' in the Country

Sweetness MADE SIMPLE

MADE SIMPLE

It’s time to enjoy summer entertaining with easy, no-bake desserts that let you relax and enjoy time with friends and family while your creations are chilling in the fridge. To

help you keep your cool, Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed

Milk is sharing expert tips and recipes to satisfy your family, friends and guests alike without ever turning on the oven.

Foolproof Ice Cream: Homemade ice cream is easy to

make with Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk. It lends a rich, thick consistency, so no eggs are required — and you don’t need an ice-cream maker, either. Try this luscious Butter Pecan Ice Cream recipe, or use your favorite fruit, candy pieces, nuts

or coffee to create your own delicious

and refreshing ice cream flavors.

Make It Mini: Mini desserts are perfect

for summer parties — small, bite-sized treats are easy to handle and let guests enjoy something sweet without feeling like they’re overindulging. Try different variations of Creamy Mini Tarts using chocolate, peanut butter or your favorite fruit to satisfy everyone’s taste. Also try

making mini-size Raspberry Mocha Mousse Parfaits

by layering the ingredients in small juice glasses.

Fresh and Fun: Make the most of the season’s freshest flavors

with this Fresh Fruit Cream Cheese Pie. Mix and

match your favorites for a show-stopping dessert.

Sweet Inspiration: If life hands you lemons, make easy, no-bake

party desserts. When combined with acidic fruit juice from a lemon or lime, Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk thickens — without heating — to form velvety pie fillings, puddings and other desserts. Get inspired and whip up these Creamy

Mini Tarts.

To get more easy dessert recipes, see how-to videos, and to down load a free recipe book, visit www.eaglebrand.com.

Creamy Mini Tarts

Prep Time: 1 hour Chilling Time: 2 hours Yield: 60 mini tarts

INGREDIENTS

1 8-ounce package cream cheese,

softened

1 14-ounce can Eagle Brand

Sweetened Condensed Milk 1/3 cup lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 1.9-ounce boxes mini phyllo shells

2/3 cup Smucker’s® Blueberry

Preserves DIRECTIONS 1. BEAT cream cheese in large bowl

until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened con densed milk until smooth. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla until blended. Spoon about 2 teaspoons

into each mini shell. Refrigerate 2

hours or until firm.

2. MAKE a slight indentation in the filling

using the back of small round measuring spoon. Fill with 1/2 teaspoon

preserves. Refrig erate until

ready to serve. Variations Fresh Fruit: Top mini tarts with fresh

fruit such as strawberries, blueberries, bananas, raspberries, cherries, kiwi,

grapes or pine apple. Garnish with

mint leaves.

Hot Fudge: Place 2 tablespoons hot

fudge topping into corner of resealable plastic bag. Cut small corner off

bag. Squeeze to drizzle over top of

mini tarts.

Preserves: Use different flavors of preserves

or orange marmalade to create a colorful assortment. Garnish with mint leaves. Raspberry Mocha Mousse Parfaits

Prep Time: 40 Minutes Chilling Time: 20 Minutes Yield: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS

4 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate

1 14-ounce can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 tablespoon Folgers® Instant Coffee Crystals

1 teaspoon hot water 1 cup (1/2 pint) heavy cream

1 can refrigerated whipped cream

2 cups Nature’s Peak® Frozen Raspberries OR 2 cups fresh raspberries 1. MELT chocolate in a microwave-safe

dish on HIGH (100% power) in 20 second

intervals until melted. Stir until

smooth.

2. POUR sweetened condensed milk into

large bowl. Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla. Dissolve coffee in hot water. Add to chocolate mixture, beating until smooth. Chill 15 min utes. Chill beaters

and mixing bowl from electric mixer

10 minutes in preparation for next step.

3. BEAT cream in chilled bowl with chilled

beaters until stiff. Fold into chilled choco late mixture. Reserve 8 raspberries for garnish. Layer parfait glasses as follows: 1/4 cup chocolate mousse, refrigerated whipped cream, 1/4 cup rasp berries, 1/4 cup chocolate mousse. Refrigerate parfaits 20 minutes before serving. Just before serving, garnish each with refrigerated whipped cream and a single raspberry.

Fresh Fruit

Cream

Cheese Pie

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Chilling Time: 3+ hours

Yield: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS 1 8-ounce package cream cheese,

softened 1 14-ounce can Eagle Brand

Sweetened Condensed Milk OR 1 14-ounce can

Eagle Brand Low Fat Sweetened

Condensed Milk 1/3 cup lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 9-inch frozen deep-dish pie crust,

baked Fresh fruit (blueberries,

strawberries, bananas*)

Seedless red raspberry jam DIRECTIONS 1.BEAT cream cheese in large bowl with an electric

mixer until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened

condensed milk until smooth. Stir in lemon juice

and vanilla. Pour into baked pie crust.

2. REFRIGERATE 3 hours or until set. Arrange fruit

on top of pie. If coating berries, stir jam until

smooth. Brush berries with jam and serve.

*If using bananas, dip in lemon juice before placing on pie to keep them from turning brown. Do not coat with jam.

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