Happy Patty Day!

Mint patty that is!  Since when I purchased the heavy whipping cream for my first batch of ice cream, there is really enough for two batches, I had to make another batch of ice cream - also because the first batch was gone so quickly!  I didn't want it to go bad, you know!

So the other night, after Josh had gone to sleep, I was wide awake.  I thought to myself, "I should do dishes and make ice cream, but I don't want to."  Then I shook my lazy self, got up, and proceeded to wash the dishes - and make another ice cream base.

This time, I made mint oreo ice cream.  Because it is good.  Also, I colored it green for St. Patricks' Day.  Not that I'm Irish or anything. . .but March 17 has become a green day.  Maybe also for recycling. :)  My mint ice cream is the closest thing that I think I could get to mint thin Girl Scout cookies.  I use mint OIL for the flavoring - not mint extract.  The mint oil makes the mint flavor rather strong; however, adding the oreo crumbles balances it out beautifully.

So, here we go!  MISE EN PLACE!

I'm trying to get used to mise en placing!

After I add the milk(s) to the pan, I plop my egg into the 2-cup measuring cup.  This makes tempering easier later on.

See. . .after my milk has been cooked, I need to SLOWLY add 1 cup of it to the beaten egg.

So, I dribble, dribble, dribble.  ( I couldn't dribble in the picture because. . .someone had to take the picture.  Daisy is too short and Josh was sleeping.)

Then, once I reach the 1 cup mark on my measuring cup, I pour my tempered egg back into the milk.

Now for the fun part!  FOOD COLORING!  And flavor, of course. :)

How beautiful!

Apparently, my camera has different color issues. . . both top and bottom pictures are the same batch of ice cream!  In real life, the color is more like that of the bottom picture's!

Before refrigerating, I always add plastic wrap over the top of the milk so that a skin does not form.

OREOS!

Crushed Oreos!

My baking buddy!  She thinks she is going to get crumbs. . .she did get some cooked potato yesterday while I was making potato soup!

She's too cute!