Crunchy Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream combines two childhood favorites into one delicious confection!
Ice cream makes everything better. Especially when it’s 94° outside. Keith and I spent the holiday weekend getting things done around the house, working in the garden at bit, and indulging in food that did not require us to turn on the oven. It’s rare that Keith thinks it’s too hot to cook, but this oppressive humidity is enough to tire even the most devoted of chefs.
The heat was not too much for our ice cream maker though. When Keith suggested we get out our favorite machine and mix up some ice cream, I was all in. Then when he told me about is idea to create a Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream, my heart was aflutter. Two of my favorite comfort foods combined into one decadent dish!
This ice cream, my friends, did not disappoint! It was super easy to make (it just requires a bit of patience as the ingredients mix and then freeze). For me, it was love at first bite; any notion of watching my calorie intake melted away with each consecutive spoonful. The gobs of peanut butter are definitely my favorite! This homemade ice cream is for sure the perfect indulgence on a hot summer day. #No regrets.
Want a double dose of sweetness? Check out some of our other favorite summer frozen treats: Birthday Cake Ice Cream, Strawberry Mint Lemon Ice Pops, Fudge Swirl Gelato
Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 20 mins
- Yield: 2 quarts 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Description
Bringing back a childhood favorite in a frozen confection.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 C whole milk
- 1 1/4 C granulated sugar
- 3 C heavy cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 C chunky peanut butter
- 3/4 C cherry preserves
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine milk and sugar and mix with electric mixer for 2 minutes (or until sugar is dissolved).
- Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla.
- Pour mixture into ice cream maker and churn to manufacturer's instructions.
- Mix until ice cream is of a soft serve consistency.
- Place peanut butter in microwave safe dish and heat for 20 seconds.
- Using a loaf pan, pour 1/3 of the ice cream into pan and drizzle one third of peanut butter and 1/3 of preserves over ice cream.
- Repeat two more times ending with peanut butter and jelly.
- Place a layer of plastic film directly on top of ice cream and place in freezer for at least two hours or until hardened.
- Serve
[…] Birthday Cake Ice Cream is an indulgent sweet treat that is sure to bring out the kid in you. Keith and I were both summer babies. Perhaps this fact explains our shared love for all things related to the warmest months of the year: sunshine, baseball, cookouts, and ice cream. I was born on Memorial Day, the unofficial “beginning” of summer, while Keith came into this world on a balmy day in August. We love to celebrate birthdays at our house, and we have several special ones that occur during the sun-filled summer months. Our celebrations always include a special meal out, a planned activity (like a day at the ballpark), and most importantly, birthday cake and ice cream. Thanks to the inspiring Christina Tosi at my favorite dessert joint, Milk Bar, birthday cake flavor has become quite the trend (I am a huge fan of her birthday cake truffles). This idea makes perfect sense to me, since I can be found at most celebrations combining ice cream and cake onto my fork to form the perfect bite. So I asked Keith to take his patented no-churn gelato recipe and lace it with delicious funfetti flavor. The result is our Birthday Cake Ice Cream that barely lasted a day in our freezer. It is amazing how such simple ingredients can yield such a fantastic desert. I definitely have a weakness for cake (and sprinkles), and one bite of this deliciously sweet Birthday Cake Ice Cream transported me back to summer birthday parties, back yard baseball games, and Slip N’ Slides. It was well-received at our house by kids and the grown-up kids alike. We ate it in cups, on cones, and with cake. I loved this stuff so much that I had to beg Keith not to make it again for a while (my diet was in serious jeopardy). This special treat is reserved only for birthdays, when indulging in great food and celebrating our loved ones is mandatory. Hungry for more? Try some of Keith’s other signature ice creams: Salted Crunchy Peanut Butter Gelato and Peanut Butter & Jelly Ice Cream. […]