Creamy Fruit Pie
Looking for a way to satisfy your sweet tooth while getting your daily fruit intake? Whip up Creamy Fruit Pie. This healthy dessert recipe is light, comforting and refreshing. It's topped off with some of your favorite fruits, like strawberries and bananas, which add a natural sweetness to this tasty treat. This pie also incorporates low-fat cottage cheese in the filling, which gives it substance and texture without adding unnecessary calories. Serve this with a glass of cold milk and your family will go crazy over this dessert.
Notes
Blueberries may be replaced with 1/2 cup of other bite-size fresh, frozen or well-drained, canned, fruits.
Preparation Time25 min
Chilling Time2 hr
Cooking Time25 min
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-Bran Original
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 container (16 oz) low-fat cottage cheese
- 1 cup sliced ripe banana, about 1 medium
- 1 1/2 cup sliced, fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Combine KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal, flours, salt, the 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Using pastry blender, cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the 2 tablespoons water, mixing with fork. Mixture will be crumbly. With back of spoon, press mixture evenly and firmly in bottom and on side of 9-inch pie pan to form crust.
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Bake at 400 degrees F about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Cool completely.
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In small saucepan, soften gelatin in the 1/4 cup water, about 5 minutes. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin dissolves. Remove from heat.
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In electric blender or food processor container, place cottage cheese, the 1/4 cup sugar, banana, 1/2 cup of the strawberries and hot gelatin. Process until completely smooth.
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Pour half cheese mixture into pie shell. Arrange 1/2 cup strawberries over surface. Gently pour remaining cheese mixture over strawberries. Garnish pie with remaining strawberries and blueberries. Chill until set, about 2 hours.
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