Total + Steen's = My new fave dessert

As good as anything I'm likely to be served anywhere is the über-simple and inexpensive concoction I created a few weeks ago and have been dining out on — as it were — ever since.

And the best part is that it doesn't require really bizarre or exotic ingredients nor does it take any effort to prepare.

You know how that kind of thing talks to lazy moi.

But I digress.

1. Buy a container of Fage Total plain yogurt.

2) Buy a bottle of Steen's Pure Cane Syrup.

Pour a little syrup on top of the yogurt and you're done.

Except for the pure pleasure that awaits your mouth.

After I learned of the yogurt I tried it with honey or maple syrup on top but neither was quite right, although both were quite good.

Then I twigged to Steen's.

This concoction is totally — as it were — a New York Times baby: I first heard of Total yogurt in Julia Moskin's story of September 20, 2006; Steen's came along in a December 13, 2006 article by Ms. Moskin and Kim Severson.

If you can't find Fage Total yogurt you can buy it here.

If you can't find Steen's they'll ship you four bottles direct from Abbeville, Louisiana for $23.25.

Yum.