Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
Growing up, my love of all things chocolate and peanut butter really didn’t transcend the ice cream realm. When I was a kid, I really was never a fan of chocolate ice cream, and I didn’t even discover peanut butter ice cream until college. Rather, I was all about vanilla and if you could get me vanilla ice cream with lots of chunky stuff mixed in, all the better. As a result, cookies and cream was my absolute favorite variety of ice cream for the longest time. I couldn’t get enough of those big chunks of cookies – what kid wouldn’t love that?! I started to wane on it as I got older, because the ice cream companies seemed to start skimping on the amount of cookies in the ice cream and, even more important, the size of the chunks. I needed big chunks, darn it! Luckily, I’ve taken to making ice cream at home and have resurrected my love of cookies and cream ice cream. When you make it yourself, you can make the cookie chunks as big as you want and add in as much as you want! Ahh, the beauty of being a grown-up :)
I recently picked up the brand-new ice cream book, Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones, which is written by the owners of the Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco. This was the first recipe I made from it, but I’m dying to try many more. If you have an ice cream maker and enjoy converting your kitchen into a creamery, you definitely want to pick up this book!
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I am in love with this ice cream – it’s by far the best version of cookies and cream that I’ve ever had. The base of this recipe is a wonderfully rich sweet cream, vanilla-scented ice cream and is loaded with chopped Oreo cookies. You might remember me talking about my grandpap’s love of Oreo cookies a few years ago when I made the Oreo Look-a-Like Cake. Since he has always adored the cookies, each year when we celebrate Father’s Day and his birthday in tandem, I try to think of a fun, new spin for dessert. This year, I used this ice cream as the base for an extra-special birthday treat. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, you need to churn this up and sit down with a big bowl and a spoon. Trust me, you’re not going to want to share!
One year ago: Date, Rum and Pecan Ice Cream
Two years ago: Southern Banana Pudding
Three years ago: Seven-Layer Bars
Four years ago: Eclairs and Cream Puffs
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 5 egg yolks
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, divided
- 1¾ cups (416.5 ml) heavy cream
- ¾ cup (183 ml) whole milk
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups (200 g) chopped Oreo cookies, about 15 cookies
Instructions
- Set a wire-mesh sieve over a large bowl. Whisk together the egg yolks and ¼ cup of the sugar in a large bowl; set aside.
- Warm the remaining ¼ cup of sugar, cream, milk and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. When the mixture begins to simmer, slowly drizzle it into the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
- Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the strainer and stir in the vanilla extract. Place the bowl in an ice bath and stir occasionally, until the mixture reaches room temperature. Cover the bowl and place the mixture in the refrigerator and chill at least 2 hours, or overnight.
- Churn the ice cream in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once the ice cream is ready, layer it into your freezer-safe container with alternating layers of the chopped cookies, beginning and ending with the ice cream.
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I just purchased a cuisinart icecream maker but haven’t had the time to break it in. I think your recipe is going to be the first I try. My soon to be going off to college son is going to want this every week before he goes! Thanks for posting and for the suggestion of a new cookbook.
Wow this ice cream looks so good. Would love to try this soon
I heard that book was coming out. I have to get my hands on it. This ice cream looks so good. I want a bowl right now.
What a way to use Oreos. My favorite cookie. Good on a hot summer day.
This looks so much better than anything at the store! Yum. I think it must be an Oreo day today. I just posted homemade Oreos (with chopped up Oreos in the frosting) on my blog. So good!! Next time I might try putting this ice cream in between some cookies… http://thefoodcharlatan.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/homemade-oreo-cookies-with-oreos/
I just got an ice cream maker and cookies and cream was the next flavor I wanted to find a recipe for. Search over!
I love the ice cream recipe.
Damn, that looks fabulous! I love big chunks of good things in my ice cream, too. I’ve got that book in my cart, just need to hit “checkout!”
A great recipe…. it looks so god :)
I have this book too and it’s awesome!! So far I’ve made two of the recipes and now I know which will be my third. Thanks for the suggestion! (The strawberry balsamic is super delicious, BTW).
Hi Emilie, I have the strawberry balsamic marked, awesome to hear it’s great!
I made ice cream this weekend and I can’t wait to try some new recipes. I have a ridiculously long list already, but I just might have to move this one up to the top!
I want an ice cream maker! Adding as many enormous chunks of oreos as your heart desires sounds amazing! The ice cream companies totally skimp on the oreo goodness!
Yes, they never have enough cookie bits in cookie and creams ice cream anymore!
The more cookie chunks the better!
I was asked by one of my readers on my blog http://www.nellyspantry.blogspot.com to create an icecream recipe! I better get busy. This looks soooo good!
making homemade ice cream is the best thing ever – because i can have as many cookie pieces as i want :) can’t wait to try this!
It’s awesome to be able to control the cookie pieces in the ice cream!
Cookies n’ cream is one of my favorites – and the more chunks the better! This looks so creamy and delicious!
This is one of my favorites too. I have a Kitchen Aid Ice Cream Maker attachment but I don’t make ice cream very often simply because I can’t find enough space in my freezer for the bowl which has to be frozen before use. Not only are the companies skimping on the size of the chunks and the number of chunks, now you can’t get a half gallon anymore.
And, the companies thought we wouldn’t notice! Why did they think we liked it? You are right, for the cookies and the occasional chunk! Homemade is the answer!
I am with you on the BIG chunks! I dont think i would share this either, it looks really good!
I have that book on hold from my library, I can’t wait until it comes in! And I totally hear you on the store bought ice cream skimping on mix-ins. Luckily homemade is easy and usually better anyway :)
Oreos and ice cream really are amazing together. And I love making my own ice cream!
I just got my ice cream maker, I can’t wait to try this recipe out!!! Yum!!
I love making ice cream! I totally agree,where did the big chunks go?? I always add crushed cookies and biscuits over the top just for extra crunch :)
One of my favorite types of ice cream by far. I’m with Ellen, I really need to suck it up and buy an ice cream maker. There are just too many good ice cream recipes out there!
Oh man, I will have to break down and get an ice cream maker. I totally agree most ice creams don’t have enough of the add-ins in them…
I haven’t made ice cream in a long time. From the looks of it, it’s that time again.
cookies and cream is the best! It trumps choc & PB and that’s rare for me to say :)
This has always been one of my favorite kinds of ice cream! Anything with oreos wins my heart :)
this ice cream recipe has too much salt and too much sugar.
It tasted fantastic, but I used an icecream machine to churn it. I put the biscuits in while it chilled in the fridge. Next time I would freeze the biscuits and add them just before churning so that they stayed as whole pieces. As it was, they mixed in completely.