Creamy Tropical Dessert (lighter )

Name: Creamy Tropical Dessert (lighter )
Prep time: 9 h
Cook time: 9 h
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters almonds, finely chopped; 567 grams can crushed pineapple, drained, 1 cup juice reserved; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 355 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated sugar; 237 milliliters kiwifruit slices or strawberries, quartered; 227 grams package reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened; 237 milliliters margarine, softened; 473 milliliters miniature marshmallows; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 710 milliliters frozen (thawed) reduced-fat whipped topping

For 81 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 15 servings with 361 calories, 5g of protein, and 19g of fat each. Only Head to the store and pick up powdered sugar, whipped topping, granulated sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 9 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat flour, margarine and powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed about 2 minutes or until creamy. Stir in almonds.

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Powdered Sugar

Margarine

Almonds

All Purpose Flour

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Oven

Spread in ungreased 13x9-inch pan.

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Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown; cool.

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Oven

In large bowl, mix cream cheese, granulated sugar and the vanilla until smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup pineapple. Stir remaining pineapple into cream cheese mixture. Fold whipped topping and marshmallows into cream cheese mixture.

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Granulated Sugar

Whipped Topping

Cream Cheese

Marshmallows

Pineapple

Vanilla

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Bowl

Spread over pastry crust. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 48 hours.

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Pastry Dough

Spread

In 2-quart saucepan, gradually stir reserved 1 cup pineapple juice into cornstarch. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute; cool. Fold in reserved pineapple and the kiwifruit.

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Pineapple Juice