Add Cookie Butter To This Frozen Treat For A Sweet And Unique Flavor - Tasting Table

"Cookie butter is a sweet Swiss-army knife of an ingredient that can be incorporated into a range of recipes. Whether spooned into batter, drizzled onto brownies, or used to elevate lattes, some of the best ways to use cookie butter are the sweetest. We spoke to Sasha Zabar, founder of Glace in New York, for tips on how to incorporate spoonfuls into cold recipes like homemade ice cream."

"Mixing cookie butter directly into an ice cream mixture can mean the ingredient disappears. "But if you ribbon it through at the end of churning, you get these pockets of creamy, spiced sweetness," he explains. Drizzling the ingredient can elevate a presentation and add flavor quickly, but well-placed swirls mean more equally distributed taste. This method can seem tricky if cookie butter has hardened in a container, but Zabar first warms cookie butter for 10 to 15 seconds in a microwave."

Cookie butter works across many desserts, from batter and brownies to lattes and ice cream. Directly mixing cookie butter into a base risks dispersing its flavor uniformly and losing texture. Ribboning softened cookie butter through ice cream at the end of churning creates pockets of creamy, spiced sweetness and better distribution. Warm hardened cookie butter briefly to soften before drizzling into a spinning bowl or while layering. Avoid stirring too much to preserve ribbons. Thin cookie butter with a splash of neutral oil for smooth, glossy toppings. Other spreads like Nutella, peanut butter, tahini, or dulce de leche can be experimented with similarly.

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