To Do... or Not To Do!

Here is something I will probably NOT be doing again...

A chocolate bowl.

Seemed easy enough... and I guess it wasn't terrible, but not worth the time. Plus, no one seemed to really enjoy eating it. (Trav and I, however, devoured ours! We were meant for each other.) 

What was more worth it was the deliciousness inside. Homemade Oreo icecream! I liked this recipe much more that the last one I tried a couple weeks ago. So I will share!

Homemade Oreo Ice Cream
3 cups half-and-half
6 egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
12 – 15 Double Stuffed Oreo Cookies, roughly chopped
Heat the half-and-half in a sauce pan, over medium heat, until bubbles forms around the edges.  Beat the egg yolks and sugar, on medium high speed, until combined and forms yellow ribbons.  Reduce the mixer to low speed.  Slowly add the hot half-and-half to the egg mixture until well combined.  It is important to pour slowly to prevent the eggs from curdling.
Pour the combined liquid back into the sauce pan and cook over medium-low heat.  Stir constantly for about 5 – 8 minutes until thickened and coats the back of the spoon.  Pour the liquid through a fine-meshed sleeve into a bowl.  Add the vanilla and chill in the refrigerator until completely cooled.
Pour the cream into the ice-cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer’s directions.  In the last 15 minutes of the churning process, add the chopped Oreos.    Makes about 1 quart.

(Side note: I doubled the recipe and it still didn't fill my ice cream container so I poured about a cup and a half more half and half and it still turned out great!)

And here is something I will definitely be doing again.....

I thought I was going to be the first person ever to mess up freezer jam, but it ended up working out! First jar of jam I've made since I was a Beehive. I'm stoked.

This stuff will always remind me of Grandmother.