I make ice cream. We had a half a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies laying around. 'nuff said
Heat milk, cream, and 1/2 C sugar over medium heat to dissolve sugar 5 Minutes
Mix the egg yolks and 1/4 C sugar in a bowl using a hand mixer until the mixture is thick 2 Minutes
Once heated and the sugar has dissolved, SLOWLY mix in 1/2 C of the cream mixture into the eggs; let stand a minute to ensure temperature, then return the egg mixture to the pot with remaining milk mixture. Set heat to low, and cook 8 Minutes until mixture coats the back of a spoon
Strain into a bowl, 5 cup capacity or larger, and stir in salt, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract.
If you wish to make the ice cream mint green, you can use 3 drops of green food coloring to 1 drop yellow food coloring
Chill mixture for at least 3 hours to make sure that it is completely cooled.
Take the custard out of the refrigerator and pour into your ice cream maker. Follow the steps for your particular model.
Add crushed Thin Mint cookie pieces about 3/4 the way through your churning process.
If using a Cuisinart ICE-30BC, churn for 25 minutes, adding the cookies in at the 20-minute mark.
When the cycle has completed, transfer the ice cream to freezer-safe containers and store.
Ingredients
Directions
Heat milk, cream, and 1/2 C sugar over medium heat to dissolve sugar 5 Minutes
Mix the egg yolks and 1/4 C sugar in a bowl using a hand mixer until the mixture is thick 2 Minutes
Once heated and the sugar has dissolved, SLOWLY mix in 1/2 C of the cream mixture into the eggs; let stand a minute to ensure temperature, then return the egg mixture to the pot with remaining milk mixture. Set heat to low, and cook 8 Minutes until mixture coats the back of a spoon
Strain into a bowl, 5 cup capacity or larger, and stir in salt, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract.
If you wish to make the ice cream mint green, you can use 3 drops of green food coloring to 1 drop yellow food coloring
Chill mixture for at least 3 hours to make sure that it is completely cooled.
Take the custard out of the refrigerator and pour into your ice cream maker. Follow the steps for your particular model.
Add crushed Thin Mint cookie pieces about 3/4 the way through your churning process.
If using a Cuisinart ICE-30BC, churn for 25 minutes, adding the cookies in at the 20-minute mark.
When the cycle has completed, transfer the ice cream to freezer-safe containers and store.
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