oreo vanilla mint

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/07/oreo-vanilla-mint.html

Ingredients

Jeni's base

2 cup Milk

1 ¼ cup Cream

2/3 cup Sugar

3 table spoon Cream cheese

1 table spoon plus 1 teaspoon Corn starch

2 tablespoon Corn syrup

Added

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup Fresh Mint

12 oreo cookies

Instructions

• Place the cookies in a zip lock bag and crumble into chunks
• In a dish make the cornstarch slurry by combining the corn starch and 2 tablespoon milk
• In a separate bowl lightly whisk the cream cheese, vanilla and salt
• Using a mortar and pestle muddle the mint to begin to extract the oils
• If you don’t have a mortar and pestle you can rub them and break them apart with your hands
• In a pot bring to boil the cream, sugar and corn syrup for 4 minutes exactly,
• Once it’s been boiling for four minutes remove from the heat and stir in the cornstarch slurry
• Place back on the heat and stir allowing it to slightly thicken for a minute
• Pour the hot milk mixture into the bowl of cream cheese to dissolve it and remove lumps
• Add the mint to the mixture
• Pour contents into a zip lock bag
• Prepare a bowl filled with ice
• Place the zip lock bags in the ice bath and allow the mixture to completely cool
• Place the mixture in the refrigerator after its cooled to allow the mint to steep overnight
• Before churning strain the mixture in a cheese cloth to remove all the mint leaves
• Churn the milk mixtures in an ice-cream maker
• As the cycle is nearing completion add the cookies to the ice-cream maker
• Pour the contents into the loaf pan
• Press down parchment paper on the top surface of the ice-cream and allow it to harden for at least 4 hours in the freezer.