Cuisinart DLC-8S Cream Cheese Frosting, Pear Frozen Yogurt, As necessary, Banana-Apple Sherbet

Cream Cheese Frosting

This quick, easy frosting is delicious on carrot cake, but it is also good on many other cakes.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 pound cream cheese, in 1-inch pieces

1/2 stick butter, in 1-inch pieces

1cup confectioner’s sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Use metal blade to process cream cheese and butter until combined, about 10 seconds. Add sugar and process until smooth, about 5 seconds. Add vanilla and process until smooth, about 15 seconds.

Frosts 2 8-inch layers.

Pear Frozen Yogurt

INGREDIENTS

4medium pears, peeled and cored

1/3 cup confectioner's sugar

2/3	cup yogurt
1-1/2	tablespoons lemon juice

At least 5 hours before serving, prepare fruit by cutting it into 1-inch pieces. Freeze all of fruit in a single layer on baking sheet.

A few minutes before serving, process frozen fruit and sugar with metal blade, pulsing about 8 times. Then process continuously until fruit is finely chopped, scraping work bowl and cover

as necessary.

Add yogurt and lemon juice; process just until mixture becomes smooth and creamy, scraping down work bowl as necessary. Taste for sweetness, adding more sugar if necessary.

Serve immediately, or freeze for later use. To prepare frozen mixture for serving, cut into 1-inch chunks. Process with metal blade just until mixture becomes smooth and creamy.

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Banana-Apple Sherbet

INGREDIENTS

3medium Golden Delicious apples, peeled and cored

3	small bananas
1-1/2	tablespoons confectioner's sugar
2	tablespoons lemon juice

At least 5 hours before serving, prepare fruit by cutting it into 1-inch pieces. Freeze 3/4 of fruit in a single layer on baking sheet and refrigerate remaining fruit.

A few minutes before serving, process frozen fruit and sugar with metal blade, pulsing about 8 times. Then process continuously until fruit is finely chopped, scraping work bowl and cover

as necessary.

Add refrigerated fruit and lemon juice; process just until mixture becomes smooth and creamy, scraping down work bowl as necessary. Taste for sweetness, adding more sugar if necessary.

Serve immediately, or freeze for later use. To prepare frozen mixture for serving, cut into 1-inch chunks. Process with metal blade just until mixture becomes smooth and creamy.