Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Stick Ice Cream

I say this a bunch but man I really think I have found my new favorite ice cream.  Peppermint is a favorite candy flavor of mine.  Then add chocolate and I am in heaven!

Bourbon & Honey Ice Cream

I found a new favorite Ice Cream!  While down in Lexington visiting Billy and Amanda they took us to a local ice cream shop and this is my version of the ice cream I had that day.

Peanut Butter Fudge Ice Cream

Well the calendar says it is summer :)  Our weather is so wacky here!  It is warm one day and like yesterday it was cold.  I actually turned on my little space heater while I was working and after work I wore a sweat shirt :(

Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream

It is going to be a hot weekend here in Ohio so why not pull out that ice cream maker and make some delicious Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream!

Bourbon and Cinnamon Ice Cream

It is almost ice cream season!  I have gotten my ice cream maker out and I am starting to experiment with my new summer flavors.

Spiked Root Beer Ice Cream

 Happy National Ice Cream Day!  This weekend I made a new ice cream flavor.  It is made with Not Your Father's Root Beer.  The ice cream is more like soft serve I think because of the alcohol.  As you can see it started melting pretty quick after I scooped it into the dish.

Lemon Creme Ice Cream

 Happy 4th of July.  I have for you today some more Yummy ice cream.  I am loving my ice cream maker.

Strawberry Lemon Vodka Ice Cream

When I think of July, I think of hot summer days and the 4th of July holiday.  I sure hope July is going to warm back up!  It has been a little on the chilly side here in Ohio.

Strawberry Cheese Cake Ice Cream

Strawberry Cheese Cake Ice Cream.  Bill and Cally really enjoyed this ice cream.  Me, not so much but I do not care for strawberry ice cream.  I did however like that the ice cream had real cheese cake chunks in it.

Strawberry Banana Yogurt Ice Cream

I say "yogurt" ice cream because I added yogurt to my basic ice cream mixture so it is not really frozen yogurt.  I am not a fan of frozen yogurt but I like the taste and texture it gives to my ice cream. I have another secret ingredient added to this ice cream.  I tasted the mixture before I put it in my ice cream maker and the strawberry banana flavor was not very strong.  I was also getting ready to make a strawberry banana sunsational cake and it calls for a package of jello.  So I decided to take 2 t of the strawberry banana jello and add it to my ice cream.  The jello really made the flavor pop.  It also helped the color of the ice cream turn a more pink color.

Strawberry Banana Yogurt Ice Cream
Nina Jones

2 C whipping Cream
2 C half and half
3/4 C sugar
1 T vanilla
2 T strawberry banana jello (powder, right out of the box)
2  5.3 oz Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt

Mix the sugar and half and half together.  Add the cream and vanilla.  Whisk in the yogurt and jello.  Pour into your ice cream maker and freeze according to your makers directions.  Mine was soft even after it quit churning.  I put it in an air tight container and placed it in the freezer for 4 hours or overnight.

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Happy Mothers Day !

I hope everyone had a great Mothers day.  I sure did.  For Mother's Day Billy gave me 2 really pretty hanging baskets and Cally gave me 3 pots and a bunch of flowers for my front porch.  Cally and I planted the pots tonight and they are gorgeous. 

Bill also finished my fire pit and we also now have grass in the area where the pool was.  Bill and I broke in the fire pit last night.  Bill bought me a bottle of wine and we sat out by the fire and enjoyed our evening.

I bought myself a new baking pan.  It is an ice cream sandwich pan.  You can see the pan above, I was putting ice cream in the pan to make my ice cream the size of the sandwiches.  It ended up just being easier to put a scoop of ice cream on the cookies and then mashing them together.  This pan is by Wilton.  I used the recipe on the back of the package.  It has a recipe for both brownie ice cream sandwiches and Blondie ice cream sandwiches.  The recipe says it makes 12 but I only got 9 out of my batter.

Blondie Ice Cream Sandwiches

from Wilton

1 1/2 C flour

1/2 t baking powder

1/4 t salt

1/2 C melted butter

1/2 C sugar

1/4 C brown sugar

2 eggs

1 t vanilla

ice cream

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Spray pan with vegetable pan spray.  In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.  In large microwave-safe bowl, melt butter.  Whisk in sugars, eggs and vanilla, mix well.  Add flour mixture, mix until blended.  Spoon 2 T of batter into each pan cavity, spreading evenly.  

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted at an angle toward center comes out clean.  Immediately unmold blondies onto cooling racks.  Repeat with remaining batter.

Scoop about 1/4 C ice cream onto smooth side of half of the blondies.  Top with remaining blondies, pressing gently.  If desired, roll edges of sandwich in toppings.  Wrap and freeze immediately.