Snickerdoodle ice cream

[highlander_ii]

Like I said in my journal: "Okay, so I stole the idea from Ben & Jerry's, but their snickerdoodle ice cream was so damned good, I had to try to make my own w/o the cookies in the middle. (They just detracted from the ice cream part!)"


I don't remember where I found this, but this is the basic recipe that I modified:

Snickerdoodle ice cream:
Prep Time: 10 mins Total Time: 1 1/4 hr

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg (freshly ground if available)
* 2 cups heavy whipping cream
* 1 1/2 cups half-and-half (the fat-free version can be used)
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:
1. 1 In a medium mixing bowl, combine sugars and spices. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until well-mixed.
2. 2 Pour mixture into a 1 quart ice cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

Alterations:

I substituted butter flavoring for the vanilla, but then added about 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla in anyway, b/c it needed it.

However - 1 1/2 teaspoons is too much butter flavor, so I need to cut that back a little, probably to 3/4 of a teaspoon or so.

I added an additional 1/4 tsp of cinnamon, but I think that needs to be upped another 1/4 tsp

But it comes out really yummy!

Next up, I'm gonna try the 'premium style' ice cream - you know, where you make the custard and then turn that into ice cream (b/c what I'm making now is more ice 'milk' than ice cream - it's not thick enough for my tastes).

You Say Tomato, I Say Faux-mato!

[herlander_refugee]

I am allergic to the bulk of the nightshade family. Yes, I went into official mourning for potatoes and tomatoes.

But for some of my tomato cookery, I have a solution to tomato sauce! I can make passable red spaghetti sauce, or lasagna now without tomatoes. It is also non-dairy and gluten free.

Any other allergic sorts interested?

A few other solutions I will share on request:

(1) a yummy mash of white sweet potatoes and rutabagas so I can get my share of "potatoes" and giblet gravy in the holidays.

(2) Millet bread - a passible grainy almost corn bread for those who cannot endure corn products.

(3) An egg free chocolate cake.

I don't want to burden the group if there is no interest; still feeling my way here!

Fauxmato Sauce

[herlander_refugee]

I make this up in a huge recipe so I can freeze it for use later.
I freeze it in quart, pint, cup and even ice cube tray bits (for the perfect "2T tomato sauce" recipes seem enamored of all the time! I do not season it in the bulk recipe....but only later, to suit the desired recipe.

(Edit: oops...forgot to say, this makes about 3 to 3 1/2 quarts.)

( Fauxmato Sauce )