Can I change storebought yogurt into frozen yogurt? How about Cheesecake?

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I have some storeboughten yogurt from the store right now. Walmart’s Good Value, IIRC, brand. My car is in the shop, and I had a craving for a frozen yogurt cone…the kind that has the consistency of ‘softserve’ ice cream.
Is there a way to change it over, or do I just lose out on the yogurty goodness?
Also, if I get the Jello brand stir and refrigerate kind of cheesecake: can I add something to make it into the more solid kind of cheesecake?

Thanks,
hh

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Yes, but you need an ice cream machine

Basically, no. I mean, other than some cheesecake.

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Thanks for the answer, Hello Again. Question: So, how would I do it? Just kind of stick the yogurt in the machine, and switch it on? (I don’t know jack about IC machines, but, I guess if I had one, the instruction book would walk me through it.)

Oops! BTW, do you mean a store bought machine, or an industrial type?
Thanks,
hh

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Homemade softserve isn’t going to happen without a dedicated apparetus, but you can make a tasty-ish dessert with packaged sweetened yogurt. Just stick it in the freezer until frozen. Then toss in blender and blend until it’s a softish mass again. Then stick back in freezer and freeze until it’s your preferred level of hardness.

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Yes, I mean a home ice cream machine. You put in the yogurt, some sugar (because cold inhibits our ability to taste sweetness, quite a bit more than you’d expect), any other desired flavoring, or finely chopped add-ins, and hit “go.”

It comes out with the texture of soft serve. Once it’s sat in the freezer, (ie, whatever you don’t eat immediately) it will get solid like very dense ice cream (Ben & Jerry’s etc). You can use fat-free, but only if you intend entire batch fresh from the machine (soft serve consistency.) Without the fat, it will be a brick of ice the next day. Three things make ice cream scoopable: incoropated air, sugar, and fat. Because home machines are less effective than industrial machines at incorporating air, they are more reliant on the sugar & fat to keep things pliable. Do not use artificial sweeteners or low-fat dairy except with extreme caution.

You can find recipes on the internet, and Ben & Jerry’s has a pretty good recipe book as well, often available at the library.

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How about using a “Slush Mug” (search Amazon for explanation if needed)? Just pour in the yogurt and stir until it is the consistency you want.

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Thanks for the good advice, guys!

Best wishes,
hh

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I use my little Donvier hand-crank ice cream maker, plop in two cartons of yogurt and turn the handle every so often until it’s frozen.