Peanut Butter Chunk Ice Cream Food

20-SECOND PEANUT BUTTER CHUNK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a food processor, add the almond milk followed by frozen bananas and two tablespoons of the crunchy peanut butter. Blend until smooth. Add remaining 3 tablespoons peanut butter and pulse once or twice to incorporate. Do not overblend.
• Transfer ice cream to a loaf pan and cover with plastic wrap. Freeze until hardened, at least 8 hours, or overnight. Alternatively, for a soft-serve consistency, serve immediately.
• ALTERNATIVE FLAVORS:.
• MIXED BERRY: Omit peanut butter and add 2 cups mixed frozen berries.
• STRAWBERRY: Omit peanut butter and add 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries at the initial blending. When smooth, 1 cup chopped frozen strawberries at the end, pulsing just until incorporated. Do not overblend.
• CHOCOLATE MINT: Omit peanut butter and add 2-3 drops mint extract (or more to taste) at the initial blending. When smooth, add a few drops of green food coloring to reach desired color (optional), blending until color is well-distributed. Add 3 1/2 ounces roughly chopped semi-sweet chocolate, pulsing just until incorporated. Do not overblend.
• NUTELLA: Omit peanut butter and add 5 tablespoons Nutella at initial blending. When smooth, add 3 tablespoons Nutella and pulse just until incorporated. Do not overblend.

PEANUT BUTTER CHUNK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk peanut butter, corn syrup and warm water in small bowl.
• Remove ice cream from packaging; place in large metal bowl. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes to soften. Stir in peanut butter mixture, peanuts and cookie pieces. Freeze for 1 hour or until consistency of very thick oatmeal.
• Stir fudge sauce in small bowl to loosen, or microwave on high power 15 seconds to thin slightly but not heat. Remove ice cream from freezer. Swirl in fudge. Freeze until firm. To serve, garnish with nuts if desired.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Melt chocolate over low heat.
• Gradually stir in cocoa powder and milk while continuing to heat.
• Beat sugar into eggs in a separate bowl.
• Stir hot chocolate/milk mixture into eggs.
• Add cream and vanilla extract.
• Cool.
• Just before adding to ice cream maker, stir a cup of ice cream mixture into peanut butter.
• Once mixed, stir into rest of ice cream mixture.
• Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
• I used all-natural peanut butter (100% ground peanuts).

PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine milk, sugar, flour and salt.
• Cook, stirring, on med.
• heat until slightly thickened (approximately 15 min.).
• Stir a few tablespoons of the hot milk mixture into the beaten eggs.
• Return egg-milk mixture to saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 min.
• Remove from heat.
• Combine and blend well 1 cup of the hot milk mixture with the peanut butter.
• Then stir peanut butter into milk mixture.
• Cool.
• Add vanilla and light cream to milk mixture.
• Churn-freeze.

PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small pot, simmer heavy cream, milk, sugar and salt until sugar completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about a third of the hot cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream.
• Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer).
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Whisk in peanut butter and vanilla extract. Cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Churn in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed.

PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM (NO COOK)

Steps:

• Beat peanut butter and sugar until smooth.
• Slowly beat in 1 cup half and half until thoroughly combined.
• Whisk in 2 cups half and half, vanilla and salt.
• Freeze according to manufactures instructions (i sometimes freeze the liquid mixture for 30 minutes to get it reallllly cold first).
• Add mix in's in the last 5 minutes.