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Scooping out a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream

The Best Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

Lots of crumbled Oreo cookies churned into creamy, super smooth vanilla ice cream using the ice crema maker. You will never look at the store-bought version the same way after this. The BEST ice cream recipe!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Cooling + churning time: 8 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 571kcal
Author: MinShien

Ingredients

  • 3 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup 2% milk
  • 1/3 cup half and half
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 20 oreo cookies

Instructions

  • Add the first 5 ingredients into a large pot. Turn heat to medium and stir continuously. Once custard reaches a boil, turn heat to low and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring the whole time.
  • Remove from heat and let it cool for an hour. Transfer to another bowl if needed to speed up the cooling process as some pots can retain heat for a while.
  • While waiting for the items to cool, crush up Oreo cookies.
  • Bring mixture into the refrigerator and cool for another 1-2 hours, or until mixture is slightly cold. Do not pour warm mixture into ice cream maker.
  • Pour mixture into ice cream maker and churn. Churn time will be according to your ice cream maker's instruction. Or churn until ice cream is thickened and creamy.
  • Five minutes prior to completing the churning process, add crushed Oreo cookies into ice cream maker to churn.
  • Transfer ice cream to a container and freeze for at least 5 hours.
  • Scope and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe uses a 2 Qt Ice Cream Maker. You will need 2 Qt or more to accommodate all the ingredients.

Nutrition

Calories: 571kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 1371IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 3mg
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