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Gourmet ice cream desserts you can make at home
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Old-fashioned French Pot ice cream is incredibly dense, creamy and delicious on its own, but you can put a gourmet twist on a family favorite with these fun and easy recipes from Graeter's Ice Cream.
| * | Make your own ice cream sandwiches with this recipe for irresistible Chocolate Chip Wheelies rolled in chocolate sprinkles -- they'll have your family begging for more. |
| * | Create a special sundae with Graeter's Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, which is made with premium, hand-selected Oregon black raspberries and Graeter's signature dark chocolate chips. |
| * | Serve something special with Individual Baked Alaskas. They are impressive to serve and easy to make. |
| * | Change up the typical trifle by taking a unique twist: Cupcake Fruit Trifles with Vanilla Mascarpone Custard. |
Chocolate Chip Wheelies
Yield: Approximately 36 cookies or 18 wheelies
| 1/2 | cup all-purpose shortening |
| 1/2 | cup lightly salted butter |
| 1/2 | cup packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 | cup plus 1/3 cup granulated sugar |
| 1/4 | teaspoon salt |
| 1 | teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 | large eggs |
| 1/2 | teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 3/4 | cup bread flour (substitute all-purpose if necessary) |
| 1 1/3 | cup cake flour |
| 1 2/3 | cup semisweet chocolate chips |
| 4 | pints of your favorite Graeter's Ice Cream flavor |
| Chocolate sprinkles |
Preheat oven to 390°F.
Cream shortening, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt and baking soda until smooth, about one minute.
Add eggs and vanilla to mixture and cream until all ingredients are incorporated.
Add flour gradually and beat until well mixed. Stir in chips.
Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet and bake for approximately 10 minutes.
Once cookies are cooled, place in freezer until frozen.
After freezing, sandwich your favorite flavor ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies. Immediately roll the edge of the sandwich in chocolate sprinkles.
Cupcake Fruit Trifles with
Vanilla Mascarpone Custard
Yield: 20 trifles
| 16 | ounces mascarpone cheese | |
| 1 | pint Graeter's Vanilla Ice Cream, thawed, refrigerated | |
| 1 | quart heavy cream, whipped to soft | peaks |
| 4 | to 6 cups of fruit: raspberries, strawberries, blueberries or oranges Sprin | kle of sugar |
| 20 | yellow cupcakes, using recipe of choice, remove liners and cut into equal thirds, horizontally | |
| 20 | wine or beverage glasses, 6 to 9 ounces |
Place the mascarpone cheese and ice cream in a mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. Do not over mix.
Fold whipped cream into mascarpone mixture, cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble trifles.
When ready to assemble trifles, sprinkle fruit with a small amount of sugar, to create a syrupy consistency.
To assemble trifle: Place a small amount of custard in bottom of glass. Add some fruit, followed by the bottom third of the cupcake. Continue to layer custard, fruit and cupcake slices, using three cupcake slices per glass.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with fruit just before serving. Note: it is best to make the trifle a few hours before serving, or the day before.
Serving idea: Make your presentation extra special with a chocolate-painted glass.
| 8 | ounces Graeter's bittersweet chocolate sauce, room temperature |
| 3 | ounces semisweet chocolate, melted |
Combine ingredients until smooth. Place in paper pastry bag or plastic resealable bag. Cut tip of bag and drizzle chocolate on inside of cup. Refrigerate cups to harden chocolate. Fill with trifle as directed.
Recipe courtesy of Graeter's