Double chocolate granita

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 cups Flour
½ teaspoon Extract, vanilla
¾ cup Sugar
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon, ground
¼ cup Cocoa powder
1 pinch Nutmeg
2 ounces Chocolate, semisweet

Directions

Stir together water and sugar in medium-size saucepan to dissolve sugar. Bring to boiling over high heat; boil 1 minute without stirring. Remove from heat.

Chop semi-sweet chocolate. Stir chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg into sugar mixture until well mixed and chocolate has melted.

Pour into 9x9x2-inch square pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and place in freezer. As sides freeze pull mixture in toward middle with spoon and return to freezer.

To serve, scrape out with ice cream scoop. If frozen solid, let soften in refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Per ½ cup serving: 116 calories; 1 g protein; 3 g fat; 24 g carbohydrates; 12 mg sodium; 0 mg cholesterol; 23% of calories from fat.

This is one of my family's favorite recipes. It is low-fat and healthy, but it tastes so good that none of them suspect it.

From: "The Family Circle Cookbook: New Tastes for New Times." Posted on GEnie by S.ZENSEN [News Queen], Jan 17, 1993 MM by Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, GT Cookbook echo moderator, net/node 004/005

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