Making our own "fancy" ice cream

By pattiaroberts

Ingredients

• Start with 1 pint of store-bought premium ice cream
• Favorite flavor
• Vanilla variations
• Banana pudding- Fold in coarsely mashed large banana, 1 cup crumbled vanilla wafers and 1 cup crumbled meringue cookies into vanilla ice cream
• Strawberry Shortcake- Mix 1 cup sliced strawberries with 2 tablespoons strawberry jam. Fold into vanilla ice cream along with 2 slices pound cake (about 1 and 1/2 cups crumbled) and 1 cup crumbled meringue cookies.

Preparation

Step 1

Chocolate variations-
Turtle- Stir 1/4 cup caramel sauce, 1/2 cup chopped pecan pralines or candied pecans and 1/2 cup chopped semi- or bittersweet chocolate into chocolate ice cream.
S'more- Broil 1 cup miniature marshmallows in a cooking spray-coated baking pan until deflated and dark brown. Scrape mixture onto a cutting board and let stand until cool and crisp; chop into small pieces. Fold into chocolate ice cream along with 1/2 cup room temperature hot fudge sauce, 1 cup crumbled graham crackers and 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows.