VANILLA BEAN SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM PLUS A HOMEMADE ICE CREAM COOKIE SANDWICH

FIRST, MAKE YOUR CARAMEL. CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE.
NEXT, MAKE YOUR VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM
HEAT IN A POT:

• 3 cups HEAVY CREAM
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
  
• Seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean (or I have used 1 T. VANILLA BEAN PASTE INSTEAD)
  

Directions

Heat the cream, sugar, vanilla, and vanilla seeds in a small saucepan only until the sugar is dissolved. Cover, and chill overnight. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream freezer according to the manufacturer's directions. Spoon into a freezer container and allow to chill in the freezer for a few hours.

This time, I added 1 1/2 cups caramel to the ice cream in the maker at the end of its freezing time. Next time, I will freeze the vanilla first till it's firm and then swirl in the caramel!

To make chocolate chip cookies for ice cream sandwiches, I used this recipe.

To make the cookies for the ice cream sandwiches gluten free I used cup4cup flour and followed this recipe.

LINKING AT SALT TREE

VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM & HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE!

HOMEMADE VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM...RECIPE BY INA!!!!!!!
HEAT IN A POT:

• 3 cups HEAVY CREAM
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean (I USED 1 T. VANILLA BEAN PASTE INSTEAD)

Directions

Heat the cream, sugar, vanilla, and vanilla seeds in a small saucepan only until the sugar is dissolved. Cover, and chill overnight. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream freezer according to the manufacturer's directions. Spoon into a freezer container and allow to chill in the freezer for a few hours. Allow to soften before serving.

HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE:

Ingredients
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 T. butter
one 14-ounce can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt

Directions
Melt everything over low heat until smooth and thick about 5 mins. Serve warm over ice cream! Refrigerate leftovers.....if you have any! lol
recipe adapted from the nestle site