'Homemade Ice Cream'

By Joelene

Ingredients

• Easy as 1-2-3!
• Start with 1 pint of store-bought premium ice cream.
• Smash in your favorite flavors. (Check out the video for a great how-to!)
• Enjoy the party for your taste buds.
• Tips for mixing
• Don’t soften the ice cream too much — you want it firm but pliable.
• Quickly cut the carton away from the ice cream and then cut the ice cream into chunks on a work surface to facilitate folding.
• Return the ice cream to the freezer to firm up and for flavors to blend — 30 minutes to 2 hours. After that, the crunchy ingredients start to soften.
• Vanilla variations
• Banana Pudding: Fold 1 coarsely mashed large banana, 1 cup crumbled vanilla wafers and 1 cup crumbled meringue cookies into vanilla ice cream.
• Rum Raisin with Toasted Walnuts: Plump 1/2 cup raisins in 3 Tbs. rum over low heat; let cool. Fold into vanilla ice cream with 1/2 cup toasted, coarsely chopped walnuts.
• Lemon Meringue: Fold 1/4 cup prepared lemon curd, 1 cup crumbled meringue cookies and 1 cup crumbled graham crackers into vanilla ice cream.
• Salted Caramel: Fold 1/4 cup caramel sauce and 1 cup coarsely crumbled pretzel nuggets (peanut-butter-filled, if you like) into vanilla ice cream.
• Strawberry Shortcake: Mix 1 cup sliced strawberries with 2 Tbs. strawberry jam. Fold into vanilla ice cream along with 2 slices pound cake (about 1 1/2 cups crumbled) and 1 cup crumbled meringue cookies.
• Ginger-Peach Cobber: Plump 1/2 cup finely diced dried peaches in 3 Tbs. peach schnapps over low heat. Fold into vanilla ice cream along with 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecan pralines or candied pecans and 1 cup coarsely crumbled ginger snaps.

Preparation

Step 1

Chocolate variations

Black Forest: Stir 2 Tbs. of brandy into ½ cup cherry preserves. Fold into chocolate ice cream along with 1 cup crumbled Famous Chocolate Wafers.

Turtle: Stir ¼ cup caramel sauce, ½ cup chopped pecan pralines or candied pecans and ½ 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 ½ cup room temperature hot fudge sauce, 1 cup crumbled graham crackers and ½ cup miniature marshmallows.

Chocolate-Hazelnut: Stir ¼ cup Nutella, 1 cup crumbled Famous Chocolate Wafers and ½ cup roasted chopped hazelnuts into chocolate ice cream.
Coffee variations

Cookies and Coffee: Stir 1 cup crumbled refrigerated chocolate-chip cookie dough and 1 cup crumbled chocolate chip cookies into the slightly softened coffee ice cream.

Mocha Latte: Stir ½ cup crushed chocolate-covered espresso beans, ½ cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks, and 1 cup crumbled Famous Chocolate Wafers into the slightly softened coffee ice cream.