Vegan chocolate chip cookie dough ice "cream"

This is a long awaited post by some....

YES IT'S VEGAN!

You do need an ice cream maker for this; I bought one for around $25 at Walmart or some such place. Alternatively you could probably buy vegan ice cream such as coconut milk ice cream and just add the dough....

So to start, I made the cookie "dough"

Chocolate chip cookie dough

1/2c softened Earth Balance buttery sticks

3/4c brown sugar (could use agave but add more flour)

1c all purpose flour

dash salt

1 Tbsp vanilla (yes thats a tablespoon)

1c vegan chocolate chips (I use Good Life brand which is free of most allergens)

Cream margarine, salt and sugar. Add vanilla, stir to mix. Add flour and chocolate chips and mix until it forms a fairly dry ball - you do want it a bit drier than regular cookie dough. I lined a small baking pan with parchment paper, pressed the dough into the pan, scored it into small pieces and then stuck it in the freezer for about an hour.

Coconut milk ice cream (serves 4, easy to halve)
2 cans lite coconut milk
1/2c sugar
2tsp vanilla
(Next time I would use less or no sugar in the ice cream itself as I found it a bit too sweet with the cookie dough added. Everyone else loved it the way it was.)

Mix all ingredients in bowl, set up your ice cream maker and follow the manufacturers instructions. Mine says to add mixed ingredients through the trough at the top while the machine is on. My machine takes about 25 minutes to make soft serve. I added about half of the cookie dough squares to the ice cream, mixed and served in 4 bowls with a couple extra cookie pieces on top. Warning! I could not stop eating this dough...just the way it is! Sooooo yummy. It's easy to turn into a dip for cookies, just add some water or rice milk to thin it to a dipping consistency !


It was really good!!