5 Easy Summer Dessert Recipes

1. Grilled Banana Parfait

Ingredients:
O average sized bananas
O cups caramel ice cream topping
O tablespoons rum
O teaspoon cinnamon
Slice the bananas in half twice, first lengthwise than crosswise. !lace a large skillet on
the grill rack
ombine the ice cream topping with rum and cinnamon and heat over medium heat
(about 300 degrees Fahrenheit) until warm. dd sliced bananas and heat thoroughly.
3 Spoon the bananas into a small dish,add a scoop oI vanilla ice cream and drizzle with
caramel sauce
. Grilled Fruit
Ingredients:
O !lums, peaches, or pineapples (but you could choose any other Iirm Iruit
Slice the fruit in half and remove the stone (if necessary).
Place on the grill, cut side down. Grill Ior 5 minutes to develop grill marks
3 Serve plain or with ice cream.
3. Fruit Pizza
Ingredients:
O package pre-made sugar cookie mix
O ounces cream cheese
O package each strawberries, raspberries and blueberries
O ripe kiwiIruit
O can mandarin oranges
Bake the sugar cookie mix according to package directions. Roll the cookie dough to
Iit a pizza pan
llow to cool and spread with cream cheese. Choose Ilavored cream cheese Ior an
extra burst oI Ilavor
3 Slice the fruit and arrange in a circle over the sugar cookie pizza crust.

. Homemade Ice Pops
Ingredients:
O 3 ounces oI Ilavored gelatin
O package Ilavored drink mix
O cup sugar
O cups boiling water
O cups cold water
ix the gelatin and drink mix with sugar and boiling water. Stir to Iully dissolve
dd the cold water. !our into ice pop molds or paper cups and Ireeze Ior at least
hours.
5. Granita
Ingredients:
O cup water
O cup sugar
O 3 cups Iruit juice (your choice) OR
O cups Iruit juice (your choice) and cup liquor (Ilavored vodka works best)
ombine water and sugar. Bring to a boil and remove Irom heat when the sugar is
Iully dissolved
dd fruit juice or juice/liquor combination to the sugar water. !our into a 3 x 9
inch pan
3 Place the pan in the freezer. Every 30 minutes, remove pan and scrape the partially
Irozen granita into the remaining liquid
Repeat this process until the liquid is completely absorbed, leaving an icy summer
treat.