Luscious cranberry ice cream pie

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupUncooked quick rolled oats
¾cupSliced almonds; divided
cupEach: packed brown sugar & melted butter
Filling; (recipe follows)
1can(16 oz) whole berry cranberry sauce; broken up & drained
2tablespoonsOrange flavored liqueur or orange juice
¼cupFresh orange juice
1can(7 oz) whipped cream
2pintsVanilla ice cream; softened
1can(16 oz) whole berry cranberry sauce; broken up & drained
1tablespoonOrange liqueur or orange juice

Directions

FILLING

This earned 1st prize in Woman's Day/AISI Canned Food Recipe Contest for Linda Morten of Katy, who suggests this as a Thanksgiving/Xmas dessert.

Preheat oven to 350°. Have ready a 10" springform pan or 13x9x2" pan. Mix oats, 1/2C almonds, brown sugar & butter in large mixing bowl. Press mix evenly over bottom and 1" up sides of springform(or bottom only of 13x9).

Bake about 15min. or til golden. Cool. Chill in freezer til ready to use.

Prepare filling & spoon mix evenly over bottom of chilled crust. Freeze at least 6hours or overnight. Meanwhile, stir together cranberry sauce, orange liqueur and orange juice in medium bowl til well combined. Cover and refrigerate til ready to serve. To serve, remove pie from freezer(see note). Decorate top w/ whipped cream in a lattice fashion. Sprinkle remaining almonds over top. Remove sides of springform pan and place pie on platter. Serve w/ cranberry topping. Makes 12 servings. NOTE: If using 13x9 pan, cut into bars and proceed as follows.

FILLING: Stir together ice cream, cranberry sauce and liqueur in large bowl.

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by "Dan/Trina D." <itisme@...> on Jan 05, 1998