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Brownie Batter Cookies n Cream Ice Cream

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I have several good reasons why it is a good idea to have a second ice cream(ish) recipe posted this week

1. It is the first week of school. Hello early mornings and late nights of homework!?

2. Summer is not allowed to leave me.

3. It has OREOS aaannddd brownie batter goodness in it! Uh… yeah

4. Ice cream is delicious and I used some skim milk in there, therefore its nutritious.

Brownie Batter Cookies n Cream Ice Cream

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup milk (I use skim)

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

pinch of salt

1 cup white sugar

1 1/4 cup dry brownie mix

1 cup crushed Oreos (I used the 100th anniversary birthday ones!)

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together milk, cream, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and dry brownie mix. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to directions.
  2. During the last 5 minutes of time in ice cream machine, mix in crushed Oreo pieces. Store ice cream in air tight container and finish freezing in the freezer until firm, about 4 hours. Enjoy!

Note: You may want to let ice cream thaw about 5-10 minutes on counter or microwave about 15 seconds before serving.

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Fudge Brownie Explosion Ice Cream

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For those of you who have not invested in an ice cream maker yet, well I highly recommend you do.

Honestly, one of the best appliances I have my parents have ever bought. Making your own ice cream is like the easiest thing ever!! I’m not one to mess with recipes with eggs in them for ice cream. I just like to stick to the basic cream, milk, and sugar base. Salmonella freaks me out in ice cream..however, I’m TOTALLY okay with it in cookie dough! ;) (Completely different story, let’s be real here)

Anyways, making ice cream at home lets you be the most creative person on the planet. You’re like Ben & Jerry for a couple hours! You get to make up your own funky flavors and just do whatever the heck you want. Like put gummy bears and skittles in your ice cream and no one will judge! One of my favorite ice cream concoctions that I have made was the Brownie Batter kind I showed you guys a bit back. Well, I tweaked it a bit and made it fudge brownie explosion ice cream! Sounds good, right? FYI: It tastes even better than it sounds :)

So here is your to do list:

  1. buy ice cream maker
  2. make ice cream
  3. eat it.
  4. :)

Fudge Brownie Explosion Ice Cream

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup milk (I use skim)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

pinch of salt

1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Dry Brownie Mix

about 3/4 cup chopped up baked brownies

1/4 cup hot fudge topping**

  1. Mix the milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, dry brownie mix, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl using a whisk. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.
  2. When there is 5 minutes left, pour in chopped brownies.
  3. When ice cream is done in ice cream maker, fold in hot fudge topping. Place ice cream in tupperware container and pop in the freezer. It will take a few hours for the ice cream to harden up, but I like mine soft so I was ready to eat mine about 2 hours later :) Enjoy!

* I actually made brownies a few weeks ago using a box mix. I only wanted to use half the batter, so I put the other half in a zip-loc bag and popped it in the freezer. I baked the brownies from the frozen batter in silicon muffin tins, that were sprayed with cooking spray, for about 20-25 minutes in a 350 degree F oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center came out mostly clean. I accidentally over baked mine a little bit, but it was no biggie since they went in the ice cream and you couldn’t tell at all.

** I used a hot fudge topping from a jar from the store, microwaved it for about 30-35 seconds until it was soft and smooth and a pourable consistency. I stirred it around with a knife in the jar to help it get to this point, then I let it cool for a minute or two so it wouldn’t heat up the ice cream too much and totally mess up the texture and consistency.

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White Chocolate Wonderful Ice Cream

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Ever heard of Peanut Butter & Co.?

They’re a pretty popular company that is from New York. They have a TON of amazing flavors of peanut butter that will totally rock your socks off. I had heard about them quite a bit through different food blogs, but it never occurred to me that my local grocery store would actually sell them. Turns out as I was strolling through the nut butter aisle the other day I stumbled across Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butter. I was super psyched and KNEW I had to try it!! I picked up Dark Chocolate Dreams and White Chocolate Wonderful. Of course when I got home I had to take a spoon and try a little giant spoonful of each. Let’s just say it took all the power in my body to restrain myself from double-dipping.

Now I happen to really, REALLY like the combination of peanut butter and white chocolate in cookies, so I figured this combination would be absolutely killer in ice cream. You all have GOT to try this recipe. If you don’t have an ice cream machine, get the heck on that! You will not be sorry. This ice cream alone would make it all worth it. It’s fully loaded with tons of goodies to make every bite as delicious as ever. Do. It.

White Chocolate Wonderful Ice Cream

2 cups heavy cream

1 1/2 cups milk (any type is good, I always use skim)

1 cup  plus 3 Tablespoons White Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter

3/4 cup white sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

3/4 cup white chocolate chocolate chips

1/2 cup mini peanut butter cups (I used the minis from Trader Joe’s)

  1. In bowl, mix White Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter and sugar until thoroughly combined using a whisk. Mix in milk slowly until incorporated. Stir in vanilla and 2 cups of heavy cream. Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.
  2. Once there is just about 5 minutes left for the ice cream to be in the ice cream maker, mix in mini peanut butter cups and white chocolate chips. When ice cream is done in ice cream maker, pour ice cream in airtight container and finish freezing process in freezer. Enjoy!
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Almond Joy Ice Cream

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Ah so I finished my first week of school. It was rough saying bye to summer. I’m pretty sure I’ll miss him more than he will miss me :`(
I would also like to address the fact that this was the first time in three years that I did not get an allergic reaction on the first day of school. Let me also make it clear that this is not just a minor allergic reaction. It’s ugly. Like plastic surgery done by a caveman.

I kinda look like this guy.

Sometimes I even get the top and bottom lip. Or just in one weird little spot like him.

My cheeks usually get pretty swollen too. Which is really quite unfortunate considering I already have chipmunk cheeks.. But I would have to say the worst thing is that the doctors can’t figure out what I’m allergic to!! They think it could just be stress. Which would make sense with the whole first day of school thing…but I’ve also gotten it on extremely non-stressful days. Grr.

On the bright side, I haven’t gotten one in a long time!!! Woohoo (knock on wood). Just watch now, I’m going to get one tomorrow.

Moving on!

I made ice cream :) . And it was really tasty. Sorry for those of you who don’t have an ice cream maker. I know, it’s a sad life. I’ve been there. Till I caved. Wait, no that was my mom. But seriously, get an ice cream maker so we can bond and gossip about ice cream. Who doesn’t love ice cream anyways? You get to make it our own way for crying out loud!! Okay, commercial is now over..sorry.

Back to the ice cream, I decided to make an almond joy ice cream because Almond Joys are one of my parent’s favorite candy’s and I’m just that kind of a daughter…hehe.

But really, it is super tasty with toasted coconut and delicious hot fudge swirled in. Super easy, and scrumptious!!

Almond Joy Ice Cream

3/4 c. milk

1/2 c. plus 1 T. white sugar

1 1/2 c. heavy cream

2 1/2 t. vanilla

1/2 c. sweetened coconut (shredded or flaked)

a little more than 1/4 c. hot fudge

8 mini Almond Joys, chopped**

  1. Whisk milk and sugar together until sugar is dissolved. Mix in vanilla and heavy cream. Pour into ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s directions.
  2. Meanwhile, toast coconut on stove over medium heat for about 5-7 minutes, constantly stirring to avoid burning. Heat hot fudge to soften.
  3. During last couple minutes, add coconut to ice cream and chopped Almond Joys. When done with ice cream maker, fold in hold fudge. (FYI: mine never gets “swirly”…any tips?) Freeze in freezer for about 4 hours, until solidified.
  4. Enjoy! :-)

** I did not have any Almond Joys in the house…go figure. It was still very tasty without them, but I do think it would definitely add something if they were involved!!

Random Fact of the Day: Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts. How do they figure this out..?

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obsessed

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When you get a new phone, don’t you just like play with it all day? Even if it’s not a fancy smart phone..just a regular plain old phone. Then again, I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t have a smart phone.

Maybe I’m the only one.

Come to think of it, I do the same thing with lots of other things. Like new clothes, when I get home from shopping I try on all my new clothes when I get home. Sometimes I even do it TWICE…Is this normal?

When I was little I would always smell my new shoes. That is weird. I know. But I have learned the ways of being older and slightly more mature.

Now I play with my ice cream maker. :-)

To be honest, I was kind of disappointed in myself after my first batch of ice cream. It kind of made me a teeny bit scared that I had wasted that much money on an ice cream maker that makes icy ice cream. Well let me tell you, I am SO relieved that I gave it a second chance. This ice cream is unbelievably creamy and delicious. I was shocked when I took my first bite, “I really made this?!”. Give it a shot!

Cookies ‘N Cream Ice Cream (minty twist)

(adapted from Sweet Tooth)

(makes 2 quarts)

1 1/2 c. whole milk

1 c. plus 2 T. white sugar

3 c. heavy cream

1 T. vanilla

15 cookies, crushed (be creative! I used Andes mint cookies, because I didn’t have Oreos. Do whatever you feel like!)

  1. Make sure your ice cream maker is in the freezer for at least 24 hours before starting this recipe.
  2. Stir the milk and sugar together in a medium-sized bowl until the sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes.
  3. Mix in the cream and vanilla
  4. Pour the mixture into the ice cream machine and let it run for the manufacturer’s recommended time. Add the crushed cookies in about 5 minutes before the time is up.
  5. Put the ice cream in the freezer to firm up completely for a couple hours.
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