Fried Ice Cream

Now you can enjoy your Mexican restaurant favorite at home with this easy recipe for Fried Ice Cream!

Ingredients:

1 quart vanilla ice cream, good quality
5 cups corn flakes, crushed
1 cup flaked coconut
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
2 quarts oil for deep frying

Directions:

Make 5 1/2-cup scoops of ice cream and place on a pan or baking sheet lined with waxed paper and freeze for at least one hour.

Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl add crushed corn flakes, coconut and cinnamon. Stir together. Set aside. In another shallow bowl, beat egg and milk together, set aside.

Remove ice cream from the freezer and roll and press the corn flake mixture around the ice cream. Like packing a snowball. Then roll the ice cream ball into the egg mixture then back into the corn flake mixture. This will give you a thicker crust. Return to the freezer for at least one hour or until the ice cream is very hard.

Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot until the temperature reaches 365 degrees. Remove the ice cream balls from the freezer and carefully drop into the hot oil. Deep fry for only 20-30 seconds. Remove from the oil and place on a paper towel. Serve immediately with honey and strawberries.

Makes 5 servings.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Pie

I love this delicious no-bake, easy to make, dessert! It combines my favorite cookie dough and ice cream in an Oreo crust!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
1 6-ounce Oreo pie crust
3 cups softened mint chocolate chip ice cream
1/2 cup hot fudge ice cream topping

Directions:

1.  Mix butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl until creamy; add milk and vanilla and mix until well blended.

2.  Gradually mix in flour and salt; stir in mini chocolate chips.

3.  Spread chocolate chip cookie dough evenly in the bottom of the Oreo crust.

4.  Place heaping spoonfuls of ice cream on top of cookie dough. Lightly press and smooth top with back of spoon.

5.  Freeze pie 2 hours or until firm.

6.  Set pie out at room temperature for 10 minutes to soften and cut into 8 wedges.

7.  Garnish with warmed hot fudge ice cream topping.