Ok, I know there are still snow drifts of varying heights all over the country, but any day is a good day for home made ice cream in my book. Last week we tried a new recipe. My Mr. Right’s favorite ice cream flavor in Mint Chocolate Chip and, while digging around in the black hole my family calls a garage, he found an ice cream maker. Of course, we didn’t have the patience to wait for warmer weather. So, here is the Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream we tried. It turned out pretty tasty!
Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Milk
2 cups Heavy Cream
1 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Mint Extract
5 drops of Green Food Color
1 cup Andes Mint Chips
Directions:
In a large bowl, stir together the milk, cream, sugar, salt, vanilla extract and peppermint extract until the sugar has dissolved. Color to your liking with the green food coloring, I used about 5 drops. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. After about 10 minutes into the freezing, add the mint chips. If you’re going for soft-serve, you can eat it about 30 minutes later. If you want a thicker, firmer ice cream, dish it into a container and freeze for a couple hours.
I actually found this recipe at allrecipes.com. We tweaked it a bit and it worked out well. 
