I’ve recently been participating in fellow book blogger, Beth Fish Reads‘, weekly meme (a “community” blog post, for all those non-bloggers out there) called Weekend Cooking. Until now, I’ve always posted reviews of books about food and cooking, so I thought it was about time to post an actual recipe!
Though I love to cook, I do not like to bake! This is not to say I don’t like to eat baked goods (I do!), it’s just that I hate measuring and being exact when I cook, which makes me a horrible baker. Lucky for me, my mother in law loves to bake and has numerous delicious signature recipes!
She recently came to visit us and made her famous Oreo Ice Cream Dessert – essentially layers of crushed Oreos, vanilla ice cream, homemade chocolate fudge sauce, and Cool Whip. And – she left a huge tray of it in our basement freezer – lucky us!
And, my son likes to top his with “blue peanuts” (i.e. blue M&M’s). My mom often has bowls of M&M’s and peanuts (such a delicious combination!) sitting around, so my son thinks M&M’s are colored peanuts…and his favorites are the blue ones.
Lane’s Oreo Ice Cream Dessert
24 double stuffed Oreos – crumbled (easiest to use a rolling pin to crush them in a ziploc bag)
½ gallon vanilla ice cream – softened enough to spread
12 oz. Cool Whip
Sauce:
1 package baker’s German chocolate
1 stick of butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 small can evaporated milk
2/3 cup white sugar
1/8 tsp salt
Spread crumbled Oreos in 9×13 baking dish. Spread ice cream over crumbled Oreos in baking dish. FREEZE before adding sauce.
Melt chocolate and sugar. Add all other ingredients and bring to boil. Lower heat just a bit to maintain the boil, but not a rapid boil. Boil EXACTLY 4 minutes while stirring constantly. Let cool.
Spread sauce over ice cream (quickly – it hardens fast!) and refreeze. Spread 12 oz. cool whip over sauce and refreeze.
Ok, this looks addictive … and it’s just sitting in the freezer waiting for one to cut a little taste, and then another little taste.
Yummy! You’ll think of your mother-in-law every time you have some.
I know a lot of people who would love this dessert.
Oh yeah, that looks like a wonderful treat!