Recipe- Healthy And Dairy Free Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ice Cream

I've made us some Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ice Cream and it's the most delicious thing ever. It's also a healthier dairy-free/ vegan dessert recipe, but you would never know it. Go on, have a second scoop. You know you want to! What I have done is made my fav ice cream a little healthier. Don't worry, you'll never know. When I handed that ice cream cone with the single scoop to my handsome man (it's my birthday, I got the double scoop!) he was floored it was vegan.

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Ice Cream

2 cups raw cashews, see notes
1 ½ cups water
½ cup all-natural salted peanut butter, see notes
⅓ cup sugar

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

6 tablespoons softened coconut oil or butter, vegan, if needed
¼ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup mini-chocolate chips, vegan, if needed

Method

* Place the cashews in a jar (I use a 2 cup Mason jar) and cover them with hot water. Let them soak for 30 minutes.

* Rinse the cashews under cold running water then add them to your blender or food processor. Add 1 ½ cups of fresh water, the peanut butter, and sugar.

* Blend on high until completely smooth. Note: if you don't have a high-powered blender, you may want to strain the ice cream through a fine-mesh sieve so it is smooth.

* Place the blended cashews into your fridge and let them cool completely, about 1 hour.

* In a medium-sized bowl, mix the coconut oil or butter and sugar with a fork. Add the flour and vanilla and mix until a dough is formed. Stir in the chocolate chips. Break the dough into small pieces and place them on a small baking sheet. Place the tray into your freezer to freeze the cookie dough.

Ice Cream Make Method

* Pour the blended cashews into your ice cream maker and process according to manufacturers directions.

* Once the ice cream is firm, stir in the frozen cookie dough bites.

* Transfer the ice cream to a freezer container and freeze.

No Churn Method

* Pour the blended cashews into a large, shallow baking dish and sprinkle the frozen cookie dough bites over the top. Place the dish into your freezer.

* After half an hour, remove the dish from your freezer and scrape the ice cream with a spoon to mix it up. Place it back in your freezer. Repeat the scraping and freezing until the ice cream is frozen, about 3-4 times.

* Transfer the ice cream to a freezer container and store in your freezer.