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Whipped Shortbread Cookies

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Whipped Shortbread Cookies melt in your mouth with rich buttery vanilla flavor. With just a few ingredients, this light dough comes together in minutes. Top with seasonal nonpareils for any occasion!

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Whether you're baking cookies for a classroom holiday party or for a weekend treat, these whipped shortbread cookies are light and airy and literally melt in your mouth.

Compared to regular shortbread recipes, the butter and sugar in this recipe are whipped until extremely fluffy to create the airy texture. Using just a few simple ingredients, these cookies are delicious AND budget-friendly.

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Ingredients

Butter: For baking, I recommend using unsalted butter. This allows you to control the amount of salt in the recipe. If you only have salted, omit the salt from this recipe

Your butter will need to be room temperature for this recipe. Allow the butter to sit on the counter for a couple of hours before mixing, but do not soften it in the microwave.

The best way to tell if your butter is soft enough is by pressing your finger into the top. If you can make an indentation but the butter holds its shape, you are good.

Flour: You will need regular all-purpose flour. I have not tested this recipe using a gluten-free baking mix, but if you have a brand that you feel works well as a straight substitution, like Cup4Cup, feel free to try it.

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White Chocolate Peach Dump Cake

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White Chocolate Peach dump cake is so easy to make, with just five ingredients that are literally dumped in a baking dish! Studded with toasted pecans, this simple dessert is elevated with delicious flavor.

white chocolate peach dump cake in white bowl with blue napkin

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What is a dump cake?

Dump cake is a not-so-attractive name for a cake this uses the juice from canned fruit, boxed cake mix, and butter to form an insanely easy cake. No mixing required!

Dump cake has a texture more similar to cobbler. The cake bakes up nice and toasty, and the fruit forms a delicious filling. It's perfect served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

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Pumpkin Fluff Dip Recipe

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Fall means we can finally embrace all things pumpkin spice. This Pumpkin Fluff Dip recipe is packed with pumpkin pie flavor and it comes together in 5 minutes with just 4 ingredients!

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Ingredients

Pumpkin Puree: You will need one (15 ounce) can of pumpkin puree. Make sure you do not use pumpkin pie filling. As a substitution, you can even use an equal amount of sweet potato puree.

Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix: I call for one (3.4 ounce) box of vanilla instant pudding mix. Instant pudding mix also comes in 4 to 5 ounce boxes, depending on the brand. This is fine and feel free to use them. Also, you can use sugar-free instant pudding mix. You'll just want to use one box. I have also made this with Cheesecake flavored instant pudding mix and it was delicious! Just use what you have on hand or what sounds good to you!

pumpkin puree, instant vanilla pudding, cool whip and pumpkin pie spice in glass bowls
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No Churn Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

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Make Cookies and Cream ice cream easily at home without an ice cream maker. Just 4 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time for this deliciously easy frozen treat.

cookies and cream ice cream scoops in pink bowl with title text "No Churn Cookies and Cream Ice Cream"

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Making ice cream at home is a special treat that the whole family can have fun making AND enjoy eating. Gone are the days, though, where you needed a special ice cream maker or ice and rock salt. This no churn method only requires a hand mixer or stand mixer.

Equipment

ingredients for no churn cookies and cream ice cream: oreo cookies, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, and sweetened condensed milk

Ingredients

Heavy Whipping Cream: You'll find heavy cream or heavy whipping cream in the refrigerated section by the milk and coffee creamer. I've even used the shelf-stable whipping cream from Trader Joe's.

You will want the heavy whipping cream to be very cold when you are ready to whip it. Stick the beaters to your hand mixer and the bowl you'll be using in the fridge for 20 minutes before whipping. This will help the cream whip up easily and quickly.

Sweetened Condensed Milk: Sweetened condensed milk comes in a 14 ounce can and will be in the baking section of your grocery store. Take care to make sure that you don't grab evaporated milk. We are not adding any additional sugar to this recipe. All of the sweetness comes from the condensed milk.

Vanilla Extract: Since there are so few ingredients in this recipe, I recommend using REAL vanilla extract. It is worth it to have the pure flavor. Side note: Make your own vanilla extract using this recipe.

Sandwich Cookies: It's probably obvious that I mean Oreo cookies, but I actually buy the generic or store brand of sandwich cookies. Same great cookies and cream flavor, just cheaper.

Also, feel free to try some of the more unique sandwich cookie flavors to add an interesting twist to your ice cream.

overhead of no churn ice cream sprinkled with chopped oreo cookies

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Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Recipe

Yield: 1 ½ quarts

No Churn Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

square image of pink bowl filled with cookies and cream ice cream

Homemade ice cream couldn't be easier with this no-churn method. Whip up a batch for the perfect sweet treat.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Crumble sandwich cookies by hand or place in a plastic storage bag and crush with a rolling pin. Set aside.
  2. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form (it holds the shape when whisk is turned upside down).
  3. Using a rubber spatula, fold in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract. Mix gently so that the heavy cream does not deflate.
  4. Add approximately ⅔ of the crushed cookies to the mixture and gently stir to incorporate.
  5. Transfer mixture to a glass 9x9 inch container or an ice cream storage container. Sprinkle remaining cookie crumbles on top.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap or ice cream storage container lid and freeze for 8 hours before serving.

Notes

Feel free to use any variety sandwich cookie you like. Regular sandwich cookies will give you the classic Cookies and Cream flavor.

If covering with plastic wrap, press the plastic wrap firmly to the ice cream so that ice crystals do not form during freezing.

The ice cream will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

9

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 366Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 325mgCarbohydrates: 34gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 8g

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