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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Bree Hester
4.72 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chilling Time + Freezing Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 40 minutes
Course ice cream
Cuisine American
Servings 8 (1 quart)
Calories 522 kcal

Ingredients
  

Ice Cream Base:

  • 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup 2% milk
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 large egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cookie Dough Bits:

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Make the ice cream base. In a medium saucepan, mix together the cream, milk, 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, and salt. Heat the cream mixture over medium-high heat. When bubbles form around the edge of the pan, take it off the heat.
    Cream, milk, brown sugar for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks and remaining brown sugar until smooth.
    Whisking egg yolks and brown sugar in a bowl for chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
  • Slowly whisk the hot cream (about 1/4 cup at a time) into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly.
    Slowly whisking hot cream into the egg yolk mixture for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
  • Pour the yolk and cream mixture back into the saucepan. Put back on the stove and cook over medium to medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
    Stirring the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream base in a saucepan until it thickens.
  • Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Add the vanilla. Set the bottom of the bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice and water until cool. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
    Cooling the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream base in an ice bath.
  • While the ice cream base is cooling, start the cookie dough bits. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the flour on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until it reaches 160°F, 5 to 9 minutes, stirring once or twice. Cool completely. Meanwhile, cream together the butter, both sugars and the salt.
    Creaming butter and sugars for chocolate chip cookie dough.
  • Add the vanilla extract and cream to the bowl. Mix in the flour and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
    Creamy cookie dough with chocolate chips in a white mixing bowl, ready for baking or chilling.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment and drop cookie dough bits (about 1/2 teaspoon each) onto the sheet. Freeze until ready to use.
    Dropping cookie dough bits onto a baking sheet for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
  • Freeze the ice cream base according to manufacturer’s instructions for your ice cream machine. When the ice cream is the consistency of soft serve, transfer it to a freezer-safe container.
    Churning the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream base in an ice cream maker.
  • Stir in the frozen cookie dough bits and freeze the ice cream until firm, approximately 2 hours.
    Adding chocolate chip cookie dough bits to the soft-serve base for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 522kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 5gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 22gSodium: 268mgFiber: 0.3g
Keyword Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
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