Ice Cream Recipes & Tips
Bonus Recipes:
Reader Tips:
tipTo make a perfectly easy and beautiful dessert, spoon ice cream into individual meringue shells and top with fresh or frozen peach slices and raspberry sauce.
—Violet S., Lyons, Kansas
tipA popular dessert at our house is one part angel food cake chunks blended with two parts softened ice cream. Serve with a topping of your choice.
—Mary M., Boynton Beach, Florida
tipHere in Pennsylvania Dutch country, we enjoy crushed pretzels as an ice cream topping. We even have ice cream cones made of pretzels in this area!
—Connie E., Macungie, Pennsylvania
tipTo make an old-fashioned root beer shake, pour 6 ounces of root beer into a blender. Add four scoops vanilla ice cream; cover and mix until smooth. (By putting the root beer in first, the shake won’t foam as much.)
—Debi K., Gillette, Wyoming
More Tips:
tip Make the most of summer fruit by creating sweet and cool ice cream parfaits. For instance, you could spoon sliced strawberries into a parfait glass and top with vanilla ice cream and crushed pineapple; repeat the layers; and top with whipped topping.
tipSoften ice cream slightly and stir in chopped maraschino cherries, mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts or other favorite ingredients, then spoon the mixture into individual molds or cupcake papers. Freeze.
tipTry a tropical variation on the traditional banana split. Top your favorite flavor(s) of ice cream with coconut and macadamia nuts. Drizzle with caramel sauce. If you wish, add some chunks of pineapple along with the bananas, or a little rum extract to the caramel sauce.