Frozen Orange Yogurt Pie

I had no idea this dessert was going to taste this good.

I wanted something summery, something cold, something light. I liked the idea of orange and vanilla (flashback to Orange Julius at the mall as a kid), and thought it would be a perfectly above average dessert. But no! This is a perfectly excellent dessert. I’m proud to share it with you… because it’s fairly easy, it’s cool for summer, and it tastes amazing. Eating somewhat healthfully never tasted this good. :)

Adapted from Food Magazine’s recipe…

Zest from 2 oranges

Juice from 2 oranges

1 1/2 cups Greek yogurt

1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Pinch of salt

CRUST:

5 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 cups vanilla cookie crumbs (Nilla)

2 tablespoons sugar
1. CRUST:
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, melt butter (in microwave in 15 second increments) and then stir in vanilla crumbs and sugar. (Mixture will resemble wet sand.) Press crumbs evenly into bottom of pie plate. Bake for 7 minutes, until just toasting. Allow to cool.
2. FILLING:
  1. Grate the zest of 2 oranges; set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the juice from the oranges with Greek yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, vanilla and salt.
  3. Remove 1/4 cup of the yogurt mixture to a small bowl and stir in the orange zest.
  4. Pour the plain filling into a 9-inch vanilla crust. Spoon the zest mixture over the top, then swirl with the back of the spoon. Cover and freeze until set, about 4 hours.
Tips:
- Prefer a graham cracker crust? Then by all means, sub out the vanilla crust. (I agree that it’s way easier to just buy the graham crumbs than to have to put the vanilla wafer cookies in your food processor, but I do encourage you to try the taste of the vanilla crust at least once with this dessert.)
- Don’t even think of using regular yogurt. The Greek yogurt is key, because it’s thick.
- Be careful slicing this pie. Frozen pies require muscles to cut into.
- This dessert freezes well. Obviously. (I still have half of one in my freezer after a good month. It still rocks.)
- Enjoy!
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August 6th, 2014 | More Sweets Please | No Comments | Tags: Fruit, Pies