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Homemade cookie dough ice cream with chocolate chips in a white paper cup, showing soft, hand-scooped texture and slight melting at the edges.

Cookie Dough Ice Cream

5 from 1 vote
This homemade cookie dough ice cream features a rich vanilla custard base and soft, bite-sized chocolate chip cookie dough chunks. Made without eggs in the dough and with heat-treated flour, it’s safe to eat and irresistibly nostalgic.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chilling Time 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Ice Cream Base:
  • 2 cups Heavy cream
  • 1 cup Whole milk
  • ¾ cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 Vanilla bean - Optional, split and scraped
  • ¼ teaspoon Fine sea salt
  • 5 Egg yolks
Safe Cookie Dough:
  • 1 cup All-purpose flour - Heat-treated
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter - Softened
  • ½ cup Brown sugar - Packed
  • ¼ cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¾ cup Mini chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon Milk - Add more if needed

Equipment

  • Ice cream maker (Optional but recommended)
  • Baking sheet (For heat-treating flour)
  • Instant-read thermometer (For custard base)
  • Freezer-safe container (With tight-fitting lid)
  • Silicone spatula (For stirring and scraping)
  • Fine-mesh strainer (For a smooth base)
  • Medium saucepan (For heating custard)
  • Stand or Hand Mixer (For creaming dough)

Method
 

  1. Heat-treat flour at 350°F for 5 minutes, then cool completely
  2. Cream butter and sugars until fluffy
  3. Add vanilla and salt
  4. Mix in heat-treated flour
  5. Add splash of milk and fold in chocolate chips
  6. Roll dough into small balls and freeze
  7. Whisk egg yolks and sugar
  8. Heat milk, cream, salt, and vanilla
  9. Temper egg mixture with warm cream
  10. Cook custard until thickened
  11. Strain custard and cool over ice bath
  12. Chill custard in refrigerator
  13. Churn ice cream base
  14. Add cookie dough chunks during last minute of churning
  15. Transfer to container and freeze until firm
  16. Let soften before serving

Nutrition

Serving: 120gCalories: 320kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 4gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 105mgPotassium: 110mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 750IUCalcium: 90mgIron: 1.2mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be considered an approximation. Actual values may vary based on specific ingredients used and portion sizes.

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