Welcome to #IceCreamWeek! Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen of Juanita’s Cocina have teamed up with more than 20 of their blog friends to bring you a week full of ice cream treats, including a special ice cream giveaway! Prepare to have your taste buds tempted with some of the best ice cream treats around! Make sure you enter the giveaway for a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker and two fabulous ice cream cookbooks so that you can join in on the ice cream fun!
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It’s day 5 of #icecreamweek and I’m here with my final contribution, my piece de resistance if you will. I would have loved to join in tomorrow for the last day to celebrate Jen of Juanita’s Cocina’s birthday celebration but alas I’m leaving for vacation bright and early in the morning and couldn’t pull off one more recipe. Womp womp, hard life right? 🙂
I do hope you and Jen will forgive me for bugging off a day early by presenting you with this luscious Caramel Ice Cream with Peanut Butter Pretzel Brittle. If you love caramel ice cream and sweet and salty flavor combinations than this ice cream is for you! Starting with bubbling hot homemade caramel, the milk and cream gets poured in to begin forming the ice cream base. While the ice cream sets up in the freezer, you can go ahead and get started on the brittle. I must confess though if you are a brittle expert you may look at my recipe and say ‘huh’? I took some unorthodox candy making methods to get the end result, but it worked so I’m not complaining! Plus the peanut butter keeps this brittle from breaking any teeth.
Yes this ice cream takes a little more time and a few extra steps, but I promise, no I swear all the hard work is worth it in the end!
Let’s not forget to pop back to my Dark Chocolate Fudge Pops post and enter the giveaway for the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker!
Ingredients
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1 cup natural-style smooth peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup crushed pretzels
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed medium saucepan over medium heat pour the sugar. Cook the sugar until it begins to caramel, swirling the pan occasionally and stirring with a wooden spoon to keep it from burning.
- Cook the sugar until it turns a deep amber color, stir in the butter until it is completely melted.
- Immediately and carefully pour in the heavy cream. Even at room temperature the caramel may seize up. Continue to stir and cook over medium heat to melt the caramel. Stir in the milk and salt. Do not bring to a boil.
- Set up an ice bath with a medium bowl set in a larger one and a fine mesh strainer on top.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks and slowly pour in a few ladles of the hot base to temper the yolks.
- In a slow, steady drizzle stir in the tempered yolks back into the base, scraping the bottom constantly so the eggs don't scramble. Once all the yolks have been added cook an additional minute or two until the custard has thickened.
- Remove from the heat and pour over the strainer into the mixing bowl. Stir in the vanilla and let cool completely in the refrigerator.
- Set up a baking sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
- In a heavy bottomed medium sauce pan over medium heat cook the sugar until it caramelizes - same instructions as above.
- Once it reaches an amber color stir in the peanut butter, baking soda and crushed pretzels. Cook for about 30 seconds and mix in the corn syrup.
- Cook the brittle for an additional minute and carefully pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Let cool completely for about an hour and cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces.
- Churn the ice cream according to the directions in your ice cream maker.
- Scoop the ice cream into an air tight container and mix in about 1 1/2 cups of brittle. Freeze the ice cream for 4 hours before serving.
Notes
To keep the caramel from seizing when making the ice cream, you will want to take the chill off the heavy cream and milk. About 30-45 minutes prior to making the ice cream base remove it from the refrigerator to come to room temperature.
If you’d like to check out today’s #IceCreamWeek recipes, drool over the blogs below:
- Brownie Explosion Ice Cream Sundae by Cravings of a Lunatic
- Andes Mint Ice Cream by Juanita’s Cocina
- Caramel Ice Cream with Peanut Butter Pretzel Brittle by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Lemon Ice Cream by Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
- Olive Oil Ice Cream by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Coconut Caramel Swirl Ice Cream {No Machine Needed} by The Kitchen is My Playground
- Salted Honey Ice Cream by The Corner Kitchen
- Deep Fried Root Beer Floats by SugarHero!
- Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream by My Catholic Kitchen
- Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream by Food Babbles
- Berry Frozen Yogurt Bars by The Spiffy Cookie
- Mistake Milkshakes: Salted Caramel Cookie Shakes by Quarter Life (Crisis) Cuisine
- Roasted Cherry Milkshakes by 52 Kitchen Adventures
Join us on Saturday August 17th at 2 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) for our pinchatlive event to celebrate Jen’s Birthday and give away tons of amazing bonus prizes. We’ve got some tricks up our sleeves so you won’t want to miss this even. You can follow along on Pinterest Board #IceCreamWeek or look up our YouTube event by scoping out Kim’s G+ page for the event details. An announcement will go up on her G+ page earlySaturday morning with all the details for this fun event. So set your alarms for 2 p.m. to join the fun!
Wow! Susan, this ice cream recipe is the epitome of all ice cream recipes. Drooling all over my keyboard. Love me some sweet and salty!
That brittle sounds heavenly. What a great ice cream!
HOLY CANNOLI!!!
Susan….why isn’t this ice cream in my belly right now??!!! I’M SO IN LOVE YOU ARE SO GENIUS!
O.M.G. Susan, each of your ice cream offerings just keep getting better and better! You’ve totally saved the best for last – this is such an incredible mix of flavours, ingredients and textures. Love.love.love!
OK – that’s it – I’m obsessed!!! I need to make this asap – caramel, peanut butter and salty/sweet combos = heaven!
Caramel ice cream was definitely on my short list! And your brittle makes this one exceptional!!! YUM.
That brittle would be awesome on it[‘s own, but in this ice cream it would blow me away.
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Very delicious ice cream. I should make them!
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I totally forgive you…please send ice cream as an apology, though. 😀
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That brittle would be awesome on it[‘s own, but in this ice cream it would blow me away.
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We totally forgive you lady. Just send me some of this to ease the pain. Ha. Have a great time and make sure you post some pics.
Thanks so much for joining us this week. It was so much fun working with you again. xx
This combination sounds wonderful! Great way to end the week!
this is genius Susan – pure genius! I can’t imagine a more delicious ice cream recipe!
I love this idea! I always like to mix something salty in with my ice cream. As a kid, I would put cheetos puffs in there. 🙂 Have a great vacation!
This looks ABSOLUTELY divine!
There are way too many good things in this ice cream! I love it all–definitely adding it to the must-make list.
My mouth is watering…I absolutely love salty sweet and especially LOVE caramel!!