Creamy and dreamy, dessert requires minimal ingredients

The simple things in life are often what surprise us.

Take, for example, grapes, walnuts and yogurt. Mix these simple ingredients with a few others and you have mixed up a pretty tasty treat on a hot, summer day.

Today's Sweet Spot Recipe is Creamy Grape Dessert, a light version of a dessert that normally calls for full-fat cream cheese and sour cream.
Anna Prather / Special to The Courier & Press Creamy Grape Dessert is a tasty treat on a hot summer day.

Anna Prather / Special to The Courier & Press Creamy Grape Dessert is a tasty treat on a hot summer day.

This recipe subs in light cream cheese along with a high-protein, fat-free Greek yogurt.

While the recipe calls for plain Greek yogurt and vanilla extract, vanilla yogurt can be used if that is what you have on hand. If using vanilla yogurt, simply leave out the additional vanilla extract.

The addition of both red and green grapes makes for a colorful dessert. But if you have only one color of grapes on hand, that's fine. Just make certain to dry the grapes completely before adding them to the cream cheese mixture.

When it comes to presentation, a clear serving dish will highlight the layers of this creamy dessert. Try using a glass tart or pie plate for a pretty presentation.

This dessert can be made ahead and refrigerated; just don't add the walnut and brown sugar mixture until right before serving.

Creamy Grape Dessert

Source: www.SkinnyTaste.com

Ingredients

1 pound green seedless grapes, stems removed, washed and dried well

1 pound red seedless grapes, stems removed, washed and dried well

8 ounces fat-free plain Greek yogurt

4 ounces light cream cheese, softened

¼ cup agave or sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed

½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

1 Cut clean grapes in half and set aside. In a mixing bowl and using a hand mixer or a sturdy spatula, mix yogurt, cream cheese, vanilla and agave or sugar until blended well. Stir halved grapes into mixture. Pour grape mixture into a large serving dish, such as a clear, glass tart or pie plate.

2 In a small bowl, mix brown sugar with chopped walnuts or pecans. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over the top of the grapes to cover completely. Serve chilled. If making ahead of time, do not add brown sugar mixture until just before serving.

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