Cookie No-Dough Ice Cream
Written by joythebaker on July 26, 2009 – 5:38 pm -
I have this nasty little habit that shouldn’t bother you in the least… unless of course you’re one of the unlucky people in the world that might have to share a pint of ice cream with me.
See… I’m a picker. I will shamelessly pick out every good morsel of ice cream chunky goodness from a pint, leaving only half melted ice cream for you. Cookie Dough Ice Cream is only Cookie Dough Ice Cream until I get my paws on it for five minutes. After a cool five minutes, that pint is just a sad excuse for vanilla ice cream. Don’t even get me started of Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream. I’ve got enough skills to dig out every ounce of peanut butter in seconds flat.
It’s a shameless habit. It’s terrible and selfish… and it’ll never change. I can’t help myself.
Cookie No-Dough Ice Cream may have just solved my ice cream picking issue. Instead of having vanilla ice cream with chunks of cookie dough embedded within it, this ice cream… the entire ice cream is the flavor of cookie dough! Holy heck balls! That’s amazing. Yea.. it is.
This ice cream is thickened with egg yolks. Some ice creams are thickened with cornstarch. I think egg yolks are the way to go, creating a super luscious and velvety ice cream. The thing with thickening custards with egg yolks is that they’re very easily over cooked. I do it all the time. I did it with this batch of ice cream.
There’s a point after you’ve tempered the egg yolks, when you’re reheating the whole custard, stirring constantly, and you’ll test the concoction to see if it coats the back of a spoon. Coat the back of the spoon with custard. Run a finger down the center of the custard, and if a line remains separating the two custard halves, then your custard is thick enough. 170 degrees F is you have a nifty thermometer.
Now… if you overcook the custard, it’ll look a little grainy. Why? Because the egg yolks cooked. Yikes! Not to worry. All is not lost. Simply run the custard through a fine mesh strainer before cooling and freezing. Run it through a strainer twice if you have to. No shame in that. Keep on trucking!
Ooooh… and this is the ice cream maker I use. I kinda love it.
Cookie No Dough Ice Cream
recipe from Claire at The Kitchy Kitchen (how cute is she!?) ((seriously!!!?)
Tags: chocolate chip, cookie dough, ice cream, recipe, summer
Posted in Creamy, Frozen, In the Kitchen, Recipes, Sweets | 68 Comments »
Um, this is amazing. I made my first batch of cookie dough ice cream from the Ben & Jerry’s book last week, but this looks like it has the possibility to trump it.
And I have that ice cream maker too – the red one, love it!
Haha I’m a picker too – ESPECIALLY with chunky cookie-type ice creams
My sister in law is a picker too–I will send this on to her fiance…
*Hand raised* Picker, here. I come from a long time of pickers. My sister and I are the absolute worst. Ice cream with chunks looks like a complete train wreck when we’re done with it. And mixed nuts…well, they end up not being mixed at all. We’ll pick out our favorites and leave you with the undesirables.
Oh, I am definitely a picker. The stuff is just too good! This ice cream looks amazing, and I plan on trying it…oh, now. I have the same ice cream maker (in red) also!
Wow! Someday when I get that ice cream machine in my life I will make this and eat it for dinner.
Oooh, VERY tempting right now. I’m just about out of half and half, though, so I’ll have to run to the store before I could do it. Maybe our ice cream maker will get some use after all.
fabulous pics and my fav ice cream flavor makes you a jackpot in my eyes!
haha I love digging for chunks of yummyness in my ice cream!
Fabulous! Can’t wait to try. Would it be TOO much to add cookie dough to the not-cookie dough ice cream? Ooh. This is a dangerous one for me!
I just found your blog today. Girl, you’ve got talent to spare!
This ice cream looks delightful! :0)
I’m very particular about how I eat my food but I think I am the opposite of a picker! I eat around all the little chunks and bits and save them for last! It might not be a good idea for us to share a tub of ice cream… there could be tears….
I love the idea of a Cookie-Dough-Infused ice cream though, that’s great thinking! 
Oh gosh. This ice-cream looks AMAZING! I am a shameless picker – in Ben & Jerrys Phish Food I have to pick out all the little choco fish, and in Hokey Pokey ice-cream all the honeycomb comes out
ohh, i want to make this. But I don’t have an ice-cream maker. Do you think I can make it and juste stir it every 20 minutes while in the freezer?
I have the biggest talent at picking out chunks of cookie, but I don’t know if I dare make this… I’d have nothing to pick out and would have to eat the entire thing. You know, I’d HAVE to.
Incidentally, you’re a genius and I kind of love you.
Ooooh, you kill me with this, I love cookie ice cream. And I don’t have an ice cream maker! That’s so meeeean! .. If I ever buy one, this will be the first recipe I’ll make! (By the way, I’m not a picker and not the opposite, I always try to pick out the cookie pieces _with_ a lot of ice cream so that I never have to eat the ice cream without the cookies.)
Yummmm!!! I love cookie dough….especially in icecream! I will have to try this recipe soon
Wow. This looks so good!!!
The other day you asked for inspiration… may I suggest ‘zebra cake’? I havn’t gotten around to making it yet- but it looks amazing. I found it on this blog http://www.azcookbook.com/zebra-cake/
I was hoping you could make it- offer your suggestions for any improvements, and then I can copy you
Cheeky!!!
This is perfect for me! I am EXACTLY the same way with ice cream…pick out all the yummies!
I pick out the good pieces and save them until I’m done with the ice cream!
And I just got that ice cream maker and I’m having the best time with it!
Haha!! I do that too!! Except I don’t know when to stop which means I end up eating a lot (seriously!!) more ice cream than any human should!! ooh, I don’t have an ice cream maker – which may be a really good thing!!
I recently discovered at my local Ben and Jerry’s store that they started selling the things that they put in the icecream that people pick out! (For example, I bought a bag of little dark chocolate peace signs). They’re amazing, and there’s no picking necessary. =].
You sound like me and my fiance… we BOTH are ice cream pickers LOL this would totally solve the problem! you rock!
How is this even possible? Can I bathe in it? Because I know I’ll be tempted to. I keep my 2 frozen ice cream maker containers in the freezer all summer, sometimes I use them to quickly cool and not water down iced tea, but for real reals, I must make this. It just might revolutionize… I don’t know… the whole WOLRD!
oh yum. Definitely adding this to my ice cream list. although i will admit i’d be sad to not be able to pick through my ice cream for those hunks o’ dough!! I made a creme fraiche ice cream this weekend that was delightful. I think i’m gonna finish it tonight and then move on to this one
I’ve had my eye on her recipe too… bookmarked and everything. Now that I’ve finally forgotten about it, you go and make it and now visions of cookie dough are swirling in my head again. : ) Thanks a bunch! LOL
Looks wonderful and gives me another reason to need a new ice cream maker!
Thanks Joy, that sorted out my ice-cream dilemma – though your cornstarch one isn’t the recipe I was thinking of in my e-mail. That had cream cheese in it, if i remember. Didn’t bother bookmarking it because i didn’t have an ice-cream maker then! still this recipe looks yummy so maybe i’ll start with that instead
wow! i am sure u just found a cure for something… i am not sure what, but i am sure that heals something
I got that same ice cream maker for my wedding and I’ve used it twice, both to bad results – bad meaning, the ice cream was still very liquid-y when it finished churning the prescribed amount of time and when I stuck it into the freezer, it froze into a solid mass more like ice than ice cream. I’m not sure if my problem is a) the recipe (I used one from the included booklet) or b) I need to ignore the directions and churn until it looks more like soft-serve. Anyone have any advice? I’d love to try ice cream again, but I can’t bear to waste any more delicious dairy product in the trying…
I have the same ice cream maker! Yippee!
And that choc. peanut butter ice cream madness??? Oh….mah…..gawd….
Oh. My. Very. God.
I might just cry, this sounds so good. Cookie dough is my favourite (and I’m a picker). I’m with Katrina, I could totally have chunks of cookie dough in this as well. Cookie cookie cookie!
I learned to pick at a very early age. My kids affectionally call me the “pea picker” as I do not like peas! Thanks for a great post and recipe…I’m on an ice cream roll this summer…
Thanks so much for the post! I’m glad the ice cream was a success. It’s one of my favorites and is awesome in a root beer float. I adore your website and the lovely photos, I’ll definitely be checking in on your site often.
I do the same thing! This looks so good, I’m going to have to try it!
*wipes drool from face* wow. Just wow.
Holy Heck Balls Yeah I’m Eating That Right Out of The Mixer!!!!
You know its bad when Dairy Queen calls your house to see if your alright?
This will almost certainly change lives. I’m thinking awards will start pouring in pretty soon.
I’m gonna award myself with this fabulous ice cream!
i mean *reward
Yep, love the chunks! Thanks for this post. Our family made homemade ice cream with ziploc baggies on July 4th and we decided to make it an annual event. I think I may have to invest in an ice cream maker though next time. Cold hands and salt everywhere!
i have been wanting to make ice cream for months now – even have the ice cream maker machine instructions in my bag everyday hoping to figure out how to use it *duh*
this looks really good and very, very inspiring!
Ooh, yum!!! I love the chunky bits as well in my ice cream. I just never seem to have the patience to make my own ice cream. You have started inspiring me to bake again. Your site is so much fun.
Sounds fabulous. I like to swirl my spoon around the outside of the ice-cream to capture the creamy yum yum as it’s melting. I don’t discriminate within the ice-cream though. Happy to eat it all equally!!
Joy! You’re brilliant! I just borrowed an ice cream maker from a friend, and this may be the very first recipe I try!
I’m putting this on this week’s list of things to make, even though I’ve already grocery shopped for this week’s list. Cookie No-Dough looks worth every bit of trouble it will take to go grocery shopping again. Thanks for sharing an amazing recipe, as always!
I will certainly make this in the near future. The very first ice cream recipe that I made was your Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream recipe. My husband, and many of his friends, enjoyed it thouroughly. Thanks for this!
This is amazing…looks yummy!
I’ve just nominated you with a “Kreativ Award” please check it out at my blog…thank you!
Looks fabulous!!! We “pickers” need a support group. Hi, my name is CookiePie, and I pick the fruit/cookie bits/fudge swirl out of any pint of ice cream…
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