oreo vanilla mint
original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/07/oreo-vanilla-mint.html
Ingredients
Jeni's base
2 cup Milk
1 ¼ cup Cream
2/3 cup Sugar
3 table spoon Cream cheese
1 table spoon plus 1 teaspoon Corn starch
2 tablespoon Corn syrup
Added
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup Fresh Mint
12 oreo cookies
Instructions
- Place the cookies in a zip lock bag and crumble into chunks
- In a dish make the cornstarch slurry by combining the corn starch and 2 tablespoon milk
- In a separate bowl lightly whisk the cream cheese, vanilla and salt
- Using a mortar and pestle muddle the mint to begin to extract the oils
- If you don’t have a mortar and pestle you can rub them and break them apart with your hands
- In a pot bring to boil the cream, sugar and corn syrup for 4 minutes exactly,
- Once it’s been boiling for four minutes remove from the heat and stir in the cornstarch slurry
- Place back on the heat and stir allowing it to slightly thicken for a minute
- Pour the hot milk mixture into the bowl of cream cheese to dissolve it and remove lumps
- Add the mint to the mixture
- Pour contents into a zip lock bag
- Prepare a bowl filled with ice
- Place the zip lock bags in the ice bath and allow the mixture to completely cool
- Place the mixture in the refrigerator after its cooled to allow the mint to steep overnight
- Before churning strain the mixture in a cheese cloth to remove all the mint leaves
- Churn the milk mixtures in an ice-cream maker
- As the cycle is nearing completion add the cookies to the ice-cream maker
- Pour the contents into the loaf pan
- Press down parchment paper on the top surface of the ice-cream and allow it to harden for at least 4 hours in the freezer.