Cookies and Cream Nice Cream

This cookies & cream nice cream recipe is creamy and delicious. Made with only 4 ingredients including fresh cashew butter and almond milk created in the NutraMilk. Completely plant-based and prepared in just a few minutes. Freeze to have a sweet treat available when you are craving this yummy flavor.

INGREDIENTS

For nice cream

• 5 medium ripe frozen bananas, peeled, chopped and frozen
• 2 tbsp. cashew or almond butter made with the NutraMilk
• ½ cup milk almond milk or other plant-based milk created with the NutraMilk
• 10-12 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
• pinch of salt

For cashew butter

• 2 cups (300g) cashews
• 1/8 teaspoon Pink Himalayan salt (optional)

For almond milk

• 1 cup (150g) almonds
• 1 quart (946ml) water
• 1/8 teaspoon Pink Himalayan salt (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Make cashew butter if you don´t have a batch of nut butter already made.
  • Place cashews and salt in the NutraMilk container.
  • Press Butter cycle, set for 5-6 minutes.
  • Press Start.
  • Open the container lid.
  • If necessary, set for an additional 1-2 minutes for a creamier butter.
  • Take out 2 tbsp. for this recipe and save the rest for later use.

• Make fresh almond milk if you don’t have a batch made in the refrigerator or freezer.
  • Place almonds in the NutraMilk container.
  • Press Butter cycle, set for 7 minutes.
  • Press Start.
  • Add water and replace lid.
  • Press Mix (do not change the default Mix time).
  • Press Start.
  • Press Dispense, open spigot and fill your container with almond milk.

• Place the bananas, milk, cashew butter and salt in the NutraMilk. Process until smooth.
• Transfer the nice cream to a bowl and fold in the crushed cookies.

• Leave in the bowl and freeze or transfer to loaf pan and store in the freezer.

• Let sit at room temperature 5-10 minutes, then scoop and serve immediately.

Prepared and photographed by NutraMilk nutritionist, Florencia Tagliavini.