Reset your expectations and you’ll fall in love with this creamy, icy, and heavenly frozen treat.
Have you seen the viral videos of folks making homemade ice cream with cottage cheese?
It looks quite simple: Cottage cheese is blended with a sweetenerhoney, sugar, agave, etc.and frozen.
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Both sounded delicious, but would it truly satisfy an ice cream craving?
I had my doubts.
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It’s cottage cheese after allnot something I’d describe as delicious.
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Would freezing it and calling it ice cream make it taste any better?
But I couldnt deprive myself of the opportunity to add flavors.
Here are the ingredients I used:
You start by blending the cottage cheese until it is smooth.
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Most Reels Ive seen blend the cottage cheese in a food processor or blender.
Then I sawVaughn Vreelandwhip his cottage cheese right in its container using an immersion blender.
I added agave and vanilla extract to the cottage cheese.
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Simple Tip!
It requires a nifty bit of sleight of hand to verify the cottage cheese doesnt overflow.
Transfer the mixture into a wider bowl if youd like.
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I like living on the edgeof almost spilling over!
Then, I folded in the chocolate and pretzels too.
you might transfer yours into a larger lidded vessel.
I froze it for about six hours, which is the ideal freeze time for my freezer.
The next day it was frozen solid and impossible to scoopone downside to homemade cottage cheese ice cream.
(If that happens to you, set it on your kitchen counter and wait until it softens.
I know it’s hard to wait, but that’s the only way.
I wouldn’t microwave the plastic tub.)
Here are a few ideas:
My kids thought the cottage cheese ice cream was store-bought ice cream yogurt.
They loved it and suggested adding the following flavors next time.
If this looks like the Dairy Queen Blizzard Treats menu, its true.
That’s a huge difference!
Does it feel like I was promised ice cream, but ended up with something worse?
Cottage cheese is a little tangy, so the flavor reminds me of frozen yogurt, which I love.
For all these reasons, I would highly recommend you try this.
