Frozen Cranberry Pie

To soften the ice cream, place it in a chilled bowl and stir with a wooden spoon just until it is soft enough to stir in the remaining ingredients. If the ice cream becomes too soft, the pie will be icy instead of creamy.

• Ready In: 4 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

•  nonstick cooking spray
• 6  chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed (about 1/3 cup)
• 1  quart low-fat vanilla ice cream
• 1  cup whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1  teaspoon  orange rind, finely shredded

Directions

1. Spray a 9 inch pie pan with nonstick spray. Coat with the crushed cookies, set aside.
2. In a chilled medium mixing bowl stir the ice cream with a wooden spoon until just softened. Fold in the cranberry sauce and orange peel until just combined. Spoon mixture into the prepared pie pan.
3. Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
4. To serve, cut into wedges. If desired, garnish with sugared cranberries.
5. To make sugared cranberries, roll frozen cranberries in sugar.