Soften cream cheese and place it in the top pot of the double boiler and add the icing sugar and yogurt. Put just enough water in the bottom of the double boiler that it won't touch the underside of the top pot, and bring the water to a gentle boil.
Step2
Put the top pot in place and stir gently and continuously until the cream cheese mixture is melted and well blended. Stir in the vanilla. Turn the heat off, but leave the double boiler on the burner so the water remains hot but not boiling.
Step3
With tongs or a dipping fork, pick up one piece at a time of the dried fruit, nuts or candy that you want to coat, and dip them in the melted mixture. Place them on wax-paper lined cookie sheets, or on wire cookie cooling racks.
Step4
Once the yogurt coated pieces are cool and dry, store them between layers of waxed paper in covered tupperware-type containers.
Tips & Warnings
If you're short of time, or if you're coating very small pieces of fruit like raisins or peanuts, you can dump them right into the melted mixture (AFTER you turn off the heat), stir them in, and scoop out small clumps of the mixture and drop on waxed paper to cool. These make great little fruit/nut clusters to put in kids' lunches.
From Step 2 on, you must work quickly and don't let the melted mixture get too hot or it will thicken and burn before you can get the pieces coated.
on 5/27/2008
This is great!!! I don't know why it never occurred to me to try this at home. I can't wait to give it a go! I wonder what would happen if you used vanilla yogurt, which I already have on hand . . .
on 10/4/2007
Hello again--I re-read the recipe and see when the yogurt goes in. I'm used to listing the ingredients in order of use, so I got confused! Sorry.
Comments
wordwhirler said
on 5/27/2008 This is great!!! I don't know why it never occurred to me to try this at home. I can't wait to give it a go! I wonder what would happen if you used vanilla yogurt, which I already have on hand . . .
Kirstyaa said
on 10/22/2007 Thanks for the recipe! I made no-bake muesli bars, and pured the yogurt mixture over the top. Haven't tried them yet, but it looks good!
bmi57 said
on 10/10/2007 This sounds yummy! Thanks. Great article.
TFrakes said
on 10/4/2007 Hello again--I re-read the recipe and see when the yogurt goes in. I'm used to listing the ingredients in order of use, so I got confused! Sorry.
TFrakes said
on 10/4/2007 And the yogurt is added....when?