Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
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I read a book today.
Yes, the whole thing.
I read a book yesterday, too. All of it.
I’m sort of a freak about books. I don’t read for a month or two and then all of a sudden I download every book I can find on my kindle and I spend days and days just laying around reading. It’s ridiculous.
Anyway, my most recent book was about a man cheating on his wife. The story was told from both the perspective of the wife and the mistress. It was rough, man. My eyes are all swollen and my teeth feel slimy from crying.
Side note: am I the only one whose teeth feel slimy after crying? I hate that feeling. Haaaaate it.
So, if you need me over the next few weeks, I’ll be obsessively checking my husband’s collars for lipstick and sniffing him for perfume. He’s going to be so excited that I read that book, I just know it.
Lucky him, because of the book I was feeling sad and hormonal so I made ice cream. It’s supposed to cure everything, right? And this ice cream? It does. It’s not vanilla ice cream with chunks of cookie dough throughout like you find in the store. No. It’s cookie dough flavored ice cream with cookie dough chunks.
Double cookie dough, you guys. Perfect for devouring after reading a sad book.
(Y’all keep asking for the book titles! The first one I read was Emily Giffin’s Love the One You’re With. I really liked this one. The second book was Emily Giffin’s Heart of the Matter. It was a really stressful read and I didn’t love the ending. Both of these deal with cheating on a spouse and I don’t recommend reading them back to back. I’ll be checking my husband’s cell phone for the foreseeable future, just in case.)
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Ingredients:
For the ice cream:
3 Tbsp salted butter
2/3 cup dark brown sugar
4 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
2 cups whole milk, divided
pinch of salt
2 tsp vanilla
For the cookie dough:
1/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 Tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions:
To make the ice cream:
In a small sauce pan heat the butter over medium high heat until melted and golden brown, being careful not to burn and stirring often.
Add the cream and 1 cup of milk and heat until scalding (not quite boiling).
In a separate bowl whisk together the brown sugar and egg yolks until light and fluffy.
Slowly pour about half of the butter mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Pour back into the saucepan and add the pinch of salt. Heat to 170 degrees, or until a custard forms that coats the back of a spoon. Stir in the vanilla.
Transfer the custard to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight to chill completely.
Remove from the refrigerator and whisk in the remaining cup of milk.
Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers directions. During the last few minutes of freezing add small pieces of cookie dough.
To make the cookie dough:
Beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Beat in the milk and vanilla.
Mix in the flour until well combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Break into small pieces with your fingers to add to the ice cream.
adapted from Baking Junkie
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I get the *read a book in one day* & the *crying over the stories*. My hubby just looks at me like I’m crazy! “It’s not real, you know.”
YES, I do know. But that doesn’t mean it’s not sad and I’m a woman and I’m allowed to cry at sad things whether they are real or not!
AND I also made ice cream last night. But not because of a book. Just because I could. Chocolate Chip!
Okay – reason enough to make ice cream – but we’re gonna need that book title – just sayin’. Thanks!
Karly — July 20th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
@MIchelle G,
Just updated the post!
WHAT”S THE BOOK?????
Sorry, don’t mean to yell….
WHAT”S THE BOOK??
Karly — July 20th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
@shelly (cookies and cups),
JUST UPDATED THE POST.
shelly (cookies and cups) — July 20th, 2012 @ 10:43 am
@Karly, THANK YOU!
I’ve read both of those…love Emily Giffin! Can’t wait for her new one
Karly — July 20th, 2012 @ 9:56 pm
@shelly (cookies and cups),
I love her too. I used to read her years and years ago, but then I got sucked into all of the YA dystopian books. I think I finally ran out of those and came back to her, though.
O.K. This is being made – stat.
I think I just found the inspiration to make ice cream. YUM!
I’m actually glad I don’t have an ice cream maker. I don’t “need” any of this just waiting for me
oh.my.goodness.
Yeah baby! That’s my kind of ice cream! It looks delicious!
Holy crapola yummy!
This needs to be made this weekend! Or tonight. . .
Yum! This is pure deliciousness!
This is my kind of ice cream for sure!!! Would it be bad if I doubled the cookie dough part? LOL! You know, so I can eat it and make sure it is ok for the ice cream:-)
Karly — July 21st, 2012 @ 1:39 pm
@Jocelyn,
I’m a firm believer that it is NEVER bad to double the cookie dough.
Well, somehow, whenever my husband cheated on me– I couldn’t eat. Not even ice cream. I was a size 2 in those days. Thinking about a cheating husband may make you want to eat, but having one kills the appetite. Great diet. That said, I can’t wait to try this recipe because I am happy without my cheatin’ husband!
I have yet to start checking my boyfriend’s phone or emails…and it’s probably better for our relationship if I don’t start. But it would be REALLY good for our relationship if I made this ice cream. REALLY.
First time commenting, and HAD TO cause I COMPLETELY agree with you!! The ending to “Heart of the Matter” was horrible!!!!!!!! I would have felt so much better having this ice cream to eat afterwards though…
Cookie dough flavored ice cream WITH cookie dough chunks???? YES and YES.
I love homemade ice cream… I just don’t ilke making it… hmmm… anyone want to make it for me?!?!
I would be making this right now, but alas I have strawberry ice cream in the fridge to be made tomorrow. Will be making this next for sure! Just got my Kitchen Aid Ice cream maker attachment last week. Ice Cream and Chocolate Chip Cookies are my absolute favourite.
Why is there a question mark where the brown sugar measurement should be?
This looks yummy!
Karly — January 2nd, 2013 @ 11:03 am
Oh, that’s easy. Because I’m a dork.
I just fixed it. You need 2/3 cup of brown sugar.
Thanks!