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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Ice Cream Lasagna


This is a great make ahead dessert that feeds a crowd and is super yummy!  Basically you’re making the following layers:  
  • crushed oreos & butter, 
  • ice-cream
  • hot fudge and peanuts and/or more oreo crumbs, 
  • cool whip 
  • oreos crumbs on top

INGREDIENTS:
for a 8x8 pan (feeds about 8-12 people)
1/2 a package of oreos (about 16 oreos), crushed into crumbs
4 T butter, melted
8-10 oreos, chopped
1 quart of vanilla or cookies and cream ice-cream, softened on the counter about 20-30 minutes
hot fudge and/or caramel sauce
1 cup of peanuts
1/2 a container of cool whip (thawed enough to spread)

DIRECTIONS
1. Spray an 8x8 pan with nonstick spray, set aside.  
2. Crush oreos in a ziploc bag with a rolling pin, add 2 T melted butter, stir to combine.  3. Chop or gently crush the remaining oreos and set aside for later.
4. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of a glass 8x8 pan.  
5. Then add the ice-cream.  I like to put small scoops the softened ice-cream over the whole pan and then spread it gently with a spatula.  
6.  Next drizzle the ice-cream with hot fudge and/or caramel sauce.  It’s helpful to have these warmed up so they can just be poured on.  You need to work quickly though at this point because the ice-cream starts to melt a bit.
7.  Cover hot fudge with peanuts and/or more oreo* pieces (we like to put some oreos on the very top too).
8.  Spread cool whip over the nuts.
9.  Garnish with additional oreo crumbs and/or nuts
10.  Cover with saran wrap.  The add foil or a lid and freeze for at least an hour before serving.

NOTES:

The recipe easily doubles
for a 9x13 pan (feeds 16-20 people)
1 package of oreos (about 24), crushed into crumbs
4 T butter, melted
12-16 oreos, chopped
1 half gallon or 2 quarts of vanilla or cookies and cream ice-cream, softened on the counter about 20-30 minutes
hot fudge and/or caramel sauce
2 cups of peanuts
1 container of cool whip (thawed enough to spread)


Whitney recommended the following variations: mint oreos with mint chocolate chip ice-cream or golden oreos and birthday cake ice-cream.

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