CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT ICE CREAM

6 egg yolks
1/2 cup of sugar
1 cup table cream
1 cup milk
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate
1 cup whipping cream
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 5 oz can Macadamia nuts

Beat eggs yolks in bowl; beat in sugar. Heat table cream and milk in a pan over medium heat. Melt chocolate over low heat. When milk is hot, mix a small amount into chocolate and stir until blended. Repeat with small amounts of milk until all milk is added. Add hot milk/chocolate mix to eggs, stirring as you add. Cool, add whipping cream, vanilla and salt. Chop Macadamia nuts. Freeze in ice cream maker. When almost frozen, add nuts.


CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH

2 c Milk
1 3/4 c Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
2 c Half & Half
1 tb Vanilla Extract
4 c Whipping Cream
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip - Cookie Dough (large size) - OR homemade cookie dough

Take the chocolate cookie dough out of fridge and leave out till needed. Scald milk until bubbles form around edge. Remove from heat. Add sugar and salt. Stir until dissolved. Stir in half and half, vanilla, and whipping cream. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Freeze as directed by your ice cream machine’s instructions.
Once ice cream has been through the entire ice cream machine process and is now a chilled soft ice cream, add the chocolate chip cookie dough. Just break up the dough as best you can with your hands and drop it in small clusters into the soft ice cream. Try to mix it around to ensure that the cookie dough is evenly distributed throughout the ice cream. Put the ice cream in the freezer for several hours until hardened.


CHERRY BERRY

2 Env unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Water
10 oz Frozen sliced strawberries
2 c Dark sweet cherries
4 c Light cream or half & half
2 c Whipping cream
2 ts Vanilla

In a small saucepan combine unflavored gelatin and sugar. Add water and strawberries. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture just comes to a boil. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, chop cherries. In a 3 quart or larger ice cream freezer combine half and half, whipping cream, vanilla, strawberry mixture and cherries.
Freeze according to manufacturer’s direction or place in freezer containers and freeze at least 4 hours. Makes about 3 quarts.