Have I told you guys that Shane and I are going on vacation in September? I don’t think I have. It’s going to be beachy and tropical, and to say we’re both really looking forward to it would be a massive understatement. The timing of the trip will coincide with the arrival of the cooler fall weather here in New England, so it’s also my sneaky way of extending summer just a little bit longer.
The only problem with going somewhere warm and sunny in September is trying to shop for new clothes for the trip this late in the summer. All of the stores started rolling out their fall clothes in early August; finding cute summery dresses has proven pretty much impossible. I’ve been limited to whatever is available on clearance racks, which is to say, not much. And bathing suits? Forget it, they’re pretty much gone everywhere! I did find a pretty good selection online at Nordstrom so I’m just going to have to order a ton of sizes to try on and hope I can find something that works.
Oh, and speaking of bathing suits, that brings up another problem. My ice cream obsession this summer has been anything but bathing suit friendly π It’s been worth every single calorie though, there’s just nothing like a cone of homemade ice cream!
I’ve made so many flavors this summer, but nothing with Biscoff spread, which is crazy given how much I love it. I had to remedy that so I took one of my favorite peanut butter ice cream recipes, swapped the peanut butter for Biscoff, reduced the sugar slightly and added white chocolate chips. It was a good call – this ice cream is so creamy, rich, and sweet, it’s fantastic! And while I’m still not ready to welcome fall, I can’t help but think how good a big scoop of this ice cream would be on top of a slice of apple pie in the coming months…
Biscoff White Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
adapted from from Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones by Kris Hoogergyde, Anne Walker, and Dabney Gough
{Note: If you can’t find Biscoff in the stores by you, Trader Joe’s makes a similar spread (they call it cookie butter) that would work too.}
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup 1% milk
1/2 cup sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
5 large egg yolks
1/3 cup Biscoff spread
scant 1 cup white chocolate chips
To make the ice cream: Add the heavy cream, milk, half of the sugar, and the salt to a medium saucepan and set over medium heat. Allow the mixture to come to a simmer.
Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and the remaining half of the sugar in a heatproof bowl until pale in color. Add the Biscoff spread to a second heatproof bowl and set aside. Slowly add the warm cream mixture to the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Pour back into the saucepan and set over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon (about 170-175 F on an instant read thermometer). Strain the custard into the bowl containing the Biscoff spread and stir to combine.
Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled (overnight is good). Freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once the ice cream reaches soft serve consistency and is just about ready, add the white chocolate chips and churn for another minute or two to distribute them throughout. Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.
Makes about 1 quart
Oh my, this is probably the best idea for ice cream ever! And totally jealous of your vacay! I wanna go to the beach!
Oooh how exciting, a vacation!! It is ridiculous how quickly stores move on to the next season.
This ice cream looks creamy and wonderful-but of course, there’s Biscoff!
We are going on vacation in September too!! It was a spontaneous decision and we decided that although it may not be the best time, financially, that we would do it anyway. We’ve been putting vacations off and it’s time, dangit!! I’ll text you pics of my beach time if you send me pics of yours π
Ps. Please come over and make me ice cream. I haven’t had homemade ice cream in a yearrr!!! D:
yummy
Mmm yes keep the ice cream coming. Enjoy your vacation!!
So jealous of your beachy vacation!! But this ice cream might cheer me up a little π
Biscoff AND white chocolate. Two of my fave flavors on earth. Pinned!
I love Biscoff spread and this creamy ice-cream is the perfect way to enjoy it!! I’ve really enjoyed your ice-cream recipes this summer
The only thing I hate more than shopping for bathing suits in season, is shopping for bathing suits out of season! Where is everyone finding this biscoff spread? And why don’t thay have it in Atlanta? Seriously. Do I need to travel to find some…because I will. And then I will make this ice cream.
I can’t believe I haven’t put biscoff in ice cream yet! I’ve done the Biscoff / White Chocolate combo in hand pies and it was fantastic!
Vacation sounds AMAZING right now as does this ice cream. This is totally my dream ice cream!
Vacation! So lucky, that sound awesome! I hope you have some much fun!
This ice cream is awesome and I am equally jealous out it too!
Aww how fun!! Where are you guys going?? You should try Old Navy for bathing suits…when they go on sale, they go ON SALE. And even though they’re not the highest quality…you only paid like 10 bucks for it, so who cares?
Biscoff is solely responsible for why I didn’t wear a bathing suit this season. NEED this ice cream.
I love the taste of Biscoff in things! It’s so warm and inviting and jus amazing π his ice cream looks great!
Have a great trip! I could use a beachy relaxation trip right about now – this summer has been crazy busy! You know I am a fan of anything biscoff, this ice cream sounds incredible!
So have Biscoff cookies and I was going to make ice cream sandwichs with vanilla ice cream but now I need this ice cream to seal the deal.
Oh heaven help me does this look good!
A vacation sounds amazing! So does this ice cream! Wish I were cooling off with a bowl right now!
This was so amazing! Rich and creamy. Loved the white chocolate chunks! Thanks for leaving this in our freezer Tracey!
I’ve always loved the cookie but ddn’t realize it was around in other forms. Like Becky said, this was amazing! We opened a container to try a few bites and couldn’t put it away! The white chocolate was a nice touch too. Thanks again!