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http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/coffee_ice_cream/   Coffee Ice Cream Recipe Ingredients 1 1/2 cups whole milk 3/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 cups whole coffee beans (decaf unless you want the caffeine in your ice cream) Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 5 large egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon finely ground coffee (press grinds through a fine mesh sieve) Method 1 Heat the milk, sugar, whole coffee beans, salt, and 1/2 cup of the cream in a medium saucepan until it is quite warm and steamy, but not boiling. Once the mixture is warm, cover, remove from the heat, and let steep at room temperature for 1 hour. 2 Pour the remaining 1 cup of cream into a medium size metal bowl, set on ice over a larger bowl. Set a mesh strainer on top of the bowls. Set aside. 3 Reheat the milk and coffee mixture, on medium heat, until again hot and steamy (not boiling!). In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks together. Slowly pour the heated milk and coffee mixture into the eg...

Low-Fat Dessert - Grape Salad This dessert was a big hit in the Smith household. I scaled down the recipe a little bit more by using Splenda instead of the white granulated sugar. You may even be able to get away with putting in only 1/4 cup of the white sugar instead of 1/2 cup. Enjoy! 1-1/2 bls green seedless grapes 1-1/2 lbs red seedless grapes 8 oz lite sour cream 8 oz low-fat cream cheese 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp vanilla Topping (you may want to double up on this because this really makes it, also, if you make a head, you may want to hold off putting the topping until you are ready to serve): 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped pecans Remove stems from grapes and rinse. Beat sour cream, cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla with mixer. Stir grapes into the mixture and place in a serving dish. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over top. Got the recipe from this blog site. She has some really great recipes that are fairly few in ingredients and are easy to p...