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PRINTSpecialty Ice Cream Pies
Ice cream pies are quick and easy to assemble and a dessert sure to please. With a quart of vanilla ice cream and a few favorite flavors you can create the frozen treat of your dreams.
Basic Directions:
To a bowl, combine one quart of vanilla ice cream with your favorite ingredients, stir to combine and fill a prepared graham cracker or cookie crust. Cover and place in freezer for two or three hours, until frozen. Remove from freezer 10 to 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
Make Your Own Specialties:
Coffee ice cream pie- add 2 to 3 T. instant coffee and 2 T. sugar to 1 quart vanilla ice cream and stir to blend well. Add to piecrust and freeze.
Cookies and cream pie– crumble 4 Oreo cookies into vanilla ice cream and fold. Add to piecrust and freeze.
Apple Pie a la mode pie – Add 1 c. prepared apple pie filling to vanilla ice cream and stir. Add to piecrust and freeze.
Key Lime ice cream pie – Add 6 oz. frozen limeade concentrate to 1 qt. vanilla ice cream. Stir until limeade dissolves. Pour into shortbread piecrust and freeze.
Lemonade ice cream pie – Add 6 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate to 1 qt. vanilla ice cream. Stir until lemonade dissolves. Add to piecrust and freeze.
The easiest of all ice cream pies starts with your favorite commercial specialty ice cream. Rocky Road, Butter Pecan, or Moose Tracks need no extra ingredients. Just scoop four cups of your favorite specialty ice cream into a bowl and stir to slightly soften. Fill a prepared graham cracker crust, cover and place in freezer for several hours until frozen. Slice and serve with chocolate or caramel syrup if desired.
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Deborah S. Tukua is longtime Farmers' Almanac contrubutor and published author. Her stories "Coffee and Alcohol: Good or Bad for You?" and "Learn How to Can and Freeze" are featured in the 2012 Farmers' Almanac. Read her natural health and wellness blog at Chiropractors' Write Hand.Free Weekly eNewsletter
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