Ice Cream & Desserts

We know that ice cream is a great dessert, perhaps the finest dessert in all the land. Maybe we even take ice cream for granted sometime. We know it will always be there for us, with many flavors to choose from, all roads leading to deliciousness.

Speaking of taking ice cream for granted, what you may not know is that ice cream delivers in ways we sometimes forget about. You see, ice cream can be used in a variety of different desserts.

Did you know ice cream can be baked? We know how it is used in Baked Alaska, but there are other ways to incorporate ice cream into delicious baked desserts.

For instance, try your hand at chocolate-peanut butter ice cream bread. You’ll need a couple cups of chocolate ice cream, some self-rising flour and about a cup of peanut butter baking chips. The construction of this cake is fairly simple. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with baking soda. Grab a large bowl and stir the ice cream until it is smooth. Stir in and blend the flour and add the peanut butter chips. Transfer to the pan and bake everything for about 45 minutes. After baking, let it cool on a wire rack for about ten minutes. After ten minutes, invert it on the cooling rack.

You can also try something called baked snowballs. This dessert features ice cream and merengue. You need about a dozen wafer cookies or about a half-dozen slices of your favorite cake. Take the cookies or cake and break them into several small slices to be used evenly among three-inch ramekins. Put the pieces at the bottom of each little dish. Then fill each ramekin with ice cream. Put the ramekins on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer. Next, pre-heat the oven to 500 degrees and beat three egg whites in a bowl. Add a quarter teaspoon of cream of tartar and continue beating. Add a quarter cup of sugar one tablespoon at a time. Then add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Remove the ramekins from the freezer and spread the meringue mixture on the top of each one. This will help insulate the ice cream. Bake the snowballs on the cookie sheet for about one to three minutes.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with just enjoying ice cream in its purest form. It’s nice to know ice cream has versatility.