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Double Oreo Ice Cream
October 17, 2012
Cookies & Cream ice cream is one of my favorite classic ice cream flavors. I love finding the crunchy, chocolatey, cream-filled cookies in a sea of creamy vanilla ice cream. Well I did, until I discovered that some people make/like their cookies & cream mixed together. An ice cream shop near my hometown serves up a scoop of Cookies & Cream ice cream that is really more like a scoop of cookie-flavored goodness with more cookies mixed-in. The first time I tried it, I was in love. So when I was approached by Kitchen Play (more on this next week) to do an Oreo-inspired dessert, I was all in.
Below is my rendition of my new favorite cookies & cream classic ice cream, Double Oreo Ice Cream. Enjoy!
Double Oreo Ice Cream
Recipe made using ice cream base technique from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home
2 cups whole milk
1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 ½ oz. cream cheese, softened
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1 ¼ cups heavy cream
2/3 cup cane sugar
1/8 cup light corn syrup
12 to 14 Oreo Cookies
Fill a large bowl with ice water. In a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of the milk with the cornstarch. In another large bowl, whisk together cream cheese and salt. Set a fine mesh sieve over the bowl and set aside.
Combine the remaining milk with heavy cream, sugar, and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Bring milk mixture to a boil. Cook over moderate heat until the sugar dissolves, 4 minutes. Off the heat, gradually whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Return to a boil and cook over moderately high heat until the mixture is slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
Gradually pour the hot milk mixture through the sieve into the cream cheese. Whisk until smooth. Break up 6 Oreos and put in the bowl with the hot milk mixture. Steep for 30 minutes to dissolve cookies and impart flavor. Whisk to incorporate cookies. Set the bowl in the ice water bath and let stand, stirring occasionally, until cool.
Chill the mixture thoroughly (at least 4 hours or overnight). Once chilled, whisk ice cream base to break up any remaining cookie pieces. Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Break up remaining cookies and sprinkle a layer of cookies into a plastic container (or other container for ice cream) and lightly spoon a layer of ice cream on top. Continue to alternate layers of cookies and ice cream until the container is full, topping with a sprinkle of cookie pieces.
Place plastic or parchment over ice cream (to prevent ice crystals) and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.
Reader Comments (2)
Hi Lindsay, I know that the Oreos are really sweet with the cream filling and wondered if it would make the ice cream too sweet? (Or is there no such thing as too sweet? :) ) I have been making Jeni's ice creams for a while now and I often reduce the sugar slightly to suit my own taste. I have a request from a friend for a cookies and cream ice cream and hope it won't be over the top and sickly sweet. I suppose I could remove the cream from the mixed in part and use the whole cookies for the chunks to reduce it a bit. What do you think? Love your site :)
Tracey - All good thoughts. I would say that the Oreo cookies do make this ice cream a bit sweeter than my other ice creams. I think you have two choices - 1) cut back on the sugar in the recipe, maybe to about 1/2 cup, or 2) remove some of the cream filling as you suggested. I actually think the cream helps improve the texture of the ice cream, so maybe first try cutting back on the sugar. Either choice should result in a tasty ice cream. Let me know how it goes! Thanks for being a fan. - Lindsay
Thanks for your thoughts Lindsay. I've just made it today and reduced the sugar in the recipe by 3 tablespoons. I left the cream in the cookies for the mixture but took it out for the extra mix in cookies. It is in the freezer now but of course I couldn't resist and had to try it! It tastes really good and not too sweet at all. I will make this one again for sure. Next time I will do two batches as I don't think this one will last very long!