This week’s SMS recipe was chosen by Karen of Karen’s Cookies Cakes & More: brown sugar vanilla ice cream! There’s nothing better than homemade ice cream in the summer and, given that we’re having a fabulous long holiday weekend complete with warm, sunny weather, it was the perfect choice!
Melissa’s recipe is even easier than your usual custard based ice cream because it calls for combining all of the ingredients in one bowl over a double boiler and heating to 180 F versus tempering the eggs by adding warmed cream/milk to the egg and sugar mixture. I was in a bit of a hurry, though, and figured tempering the eggs and making the custard that way would be faster than doing it over a double boiler. I whisked the egg yolks, brown sugar, salt and milk powder in one bowl, then heated the milk and cream combo before adding some of it slowly to the egg mixture to temper the eggs. I then heated the custard to about 175 F, strained it and finally added the vanilla extract (I was all out of vanilla beans so I just added a bit of extra extract).
I only made a half batch of the ice cream because I have so many other flavors I want to try and only have so much room in my freezer. Unfortunately, we’ve already eaten the entire half batch! It was absolutely delicious! I didn’t think the flavor was all that different from traditional vanilla ice cream – the brown sugar wasn’t very noticeable. The texture, though, that was a different story. This was an incredibly smooth and creamy ice cream – probably one of the best textures of any of the ice creams I’ve made to date. We enjoyed some sandwiched between some of the no bake cookies I made yesterday (I hope to post the recipe later tonight) and some plain with festive red and blue sugar sprinkled over the top.
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Thanks for making this with me. Yours with the cookies and the one with the sprinkles looks fabulous.
I agree, the texture of this ice cream was unbelievable! I made a full batch this morning, and we just polished the last of it off… Yikes!
I like the festive sprinkles! This was such good ice cream, I made a whole batch and it’s almost all gone. I had a feeling that making it on a double-boiler would take forever, so I did the same thing as you.
Wow…that ice cream sandwich photo is amazing!! I’m drooling over here. Fantastic, Tracey!
ice cream sandwiches – great idea!
It’s been so long since I made the ice cream, I forgot how easy it was!
Looking forward to the cookie recipe…..
I love the thought of the brown sugar in this ice cream. We’ve found that we prefer Phil style, so it’s even easier! I may try to use brown sugar next time. That ice cream sandwich looks so refreshing.
Your ice cream looks very creamy. I loved its texture too. Funny, we both made ice cream sandwiches :o)
Ice cream sandwiches with homemade cookies & homemade ice cream? That’s dedication! Sounds fantastic.
I LOVE the red, white & blue sprinkles, and I adore the ice cream sandwich. This one is going on my ice cream list for the summer!
I’m definitely adding this ice cream flavor to my list of ones to make soon. Yum! And I _love_ the no-bake cookies. I haven’t made them in forever. Ooh, I wonder how they would be mixed into the ice cream? May have to try it.
Now THAT’S an ice cream sandwich! This sounds (and looks) delicious!
Yum yum yum…the ice cream looks amazing, especially between the cookies. And I don’t know why, but the sprinkles really add something! Nice job. I’ll have to try this one soon.
WOW!! Love the picture of the ice cream sandwich! Puts all others to shame!
Great pictures, Tracey! 🙂 I love the festive sprinkles on top, too!
Your ice cream looks perfect. The no-bake cookies look delicious!
Love this ice cream sandwich. Looks absolutely delicious.
Yummy looking ice cream sandwiches, can’t wait for the recipe. Yes, the texture was so smooth.
So cute with the sprinkles!
This ice cream was amazing! I think I’ll try mine as ice cream sandwiches too. Great idea!
Good one to try…Keep posting some more, especially with cookies which i like the most to try..
This looks great! What are the cookies/biscuits you serve with the icecream? They look so tasty!
Greetings from Norway, Ida 🙂
@Ida – Thanks for stopping by! The cookies shown in the picture are no-bake chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal cookies. You can find the recipe here:
http://traceysculinaryadventures.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-oatmeal.html
Thanks! They look delicious, and easy! I think I`ll try them tonight 🙂
I have a jar of peanut butter that I didn`t quite know what to make of 😀 Problem solved! – ida