100 Scoops in 365 days

100 Scoops in 365 days

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Flavor #43 - Cookie Butter Ice Cream

A few months ago, I read an article about how Cookie Butter was flying off the shelves at Trader Joe's and how those who were purchasing it were praising its "crack-like" addictive qualities. As I was planning this flavor out, my friend Tim Douglas recently quarried on Facebook (paraphrasing here), asking friends who loved Cookie Butter if they all go a few knuckles deep into the jar when they needed a fix.

Cookie Butter has a rich European history and does come from a traditional holiday cookie called Speculoos and has only made its splash on this side of the pond somewhat recently. It is known around the world under a variety of names such as Belgian Spice Cookies, Dutch Windmill Cookies or Biscoff Cookies and depending on the country, could have slightly different ingredients. To me, the flavor is similar to gingersnaps. The paste version has been around now for less than a decade. Why someone chose to grind this into a paste is beyond me, but I am sure there will be someone out there who will be equally perplexed as to why I chose to make this into ice cream. 




1 Cup of Heavy Cream
1 Cup of Milk
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1/4 Cup of Cookie Butter

Blend your mix, toss it in the machine and you now have the highly addictive Cookie Butter ice cream. How addictive is this stuff? Upon the initial tasting, James demanded the entire batch!

Enjoy!

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