Author Notes
This is extremely simple and shockingly delicious. You could, I suppose, make it fancier by adding some chopped candied ginger or using a ginger-infused simple syrup, but it would detract from the straightforwardness of this recipe. I've used Whole Food's boxed ginger snaps. Trader Joe's would work well too. —Emily
Ingredients
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2 cups
heavy whipping cream
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1 cup
whole milk
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2/3 cup
sugar
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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pinch
of salt
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1 1/2 cups
ginger snap cookies
Directions
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Heat half of the cream in a small pot with the sugar and the pinch of salt. Stir until dissolved. Remove from heat, and add to a bowl with the rest of the cream, the whole milk, and the vanilla extract. Chill in the refrigerator until completely cooled.
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While the mixture chills, place the ginger snaps in a bag, and gently smash them using a meat pounder. You want a mix of smaller crumbs and larger chunks.
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After chilling is complete, freeze the mixture, following the directions of your preferred ice cream maker.
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When the mixture has transformed into a (still slightly soft) ice cream, add the ginger snap crumbles, and let it churn 30 more seconds to fully incorporate the cookies.
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Put the entire mixture in the freezer for at least an hour, which allows the cookies to soften and the flavors to incorporate fully with each other.
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