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Brown Bread Ice Cream

This is also known as "poor man's praline ice cream" because it gives a similar texture but uses cheaper ingredients. This is a great way to use up brown soda or whole-wheat bread crumbs that would otherwise be wasted.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 12 to 16

Ingredients

2 cups brown soda or whole-wheat breadcrumbs
1/2 cup soft dark-brown sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Make the Ballymaloe vanilla ice cream and freeze.

    Step 2

    Preheat the oven to 450°F.

    Step 3

    Spread the chunky bread crumbs on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and toast in the oven for 10–15 minutes. Stir every 4 or 5 minutes until the sugar caramelizes and coats the bread crumbs. Spread onto a Silpat mat and let cool. Then pulse the caramelized bread crumbs into small, chunky bits in a food processor.

    Step 4

    When the ice cream is semi-frozen, fold in the bread crumbs and freeze until fully frozen.

Reprinted with permission from Forgotten Skills of Cooking: The Time-Honored Ways are the Best—Over 700 Recipes Show by Darina Allen, © March 2010 Kyle Books
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