Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
It’s finally summer and that makes it officially ice cream season around here! I just recently broke out my ice cream maker for the first time this year. (I have the cuisisnart ice cream maker and I LOVE it!) When the nice people at OXO asked me to create a fun ice cream treat using some products they sent me (details below), I immediately started mixing up this awesome strawberry shortcake ice cream. If you follow me on Facebook, you know that Zeke and I went strawberry picking a few weeks ago (We only lasted 20 minutes, and yes, his whole face was stained red for the drive home). We made quite a few things with all those strawberries , but this strawberry shortcake ice cream was one of my favorites! I love strawberry ice cream, especially the homemade kind that uses freshly picked berries. I chopped up some store-bought shortbread cookies and mixed them in at the end to give it a little bit of crunch and shortcake flavor. The end result was wonderful and Mike claims it’s the best ice cream I’ve ever made. I hope you try it while strawberries are still sweet and plentiful!
Note: OXO sent me a few supplies to make this ice cream. By far my favorites are the cute little beaker measuring set, the good grips chopper (perfect for chopping shortbread cookies!), the sugar/sprinkle dispenser, and the LockTop freezer container, which holds just the right amount of ice cream. Thanks OXO!
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups mashed fresh strawberries
- 1/2 of a 10-oz package of shortbread cookies, roughly chopped
Directions:
*Optional: Using an immersion blender or food processor, puree the strawberries until almost smooth. (I like to do this because I don't want bits of frozen strawberry chunks in my ice cream).
- In a large bowl, combine the milk, cream, sugar, salt, vanilla, and strawberries.
- Pour the mixture into the freezer bowl of an ice cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
- Just before the ice cream is done, add in the shortbread pieces and let the ice cream maker mix them in.
- Transfer ice cream to a freezer safe container and freeze until solid.
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