Honey Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Peanut Butter & Co.’s Bee’s Knees

May 15, 2014May 14, 201444 Comments

Desserts are my weakness in life. I wish I knew how to stop eating dessert on a daily basis. But I don’t.

For the most part, I live on the moderation train. I’ll eat anything but in moderation. Sometimes when I overdo it (as I have been recently), I impose the “homemade” rule on myself. I hate food rules but this one has worked for me.

The homemade rule is: I won’t eat a dessert (or other high calorie food) unless I make it myself.

If I want a cookie, I don’t need to go buy a pack of Chips Ahoy. I can pull out all the ingredients and make it myself.

If I want mac and cheese, I’m buying pasta, milk, cheese and making my own cheese sauce. None of that powder stuff.

If I want ice cream, I’m going to buy some milk and cream and pull out the ice cream maker.

It’s a good rule to have, because it makes me wait. We’re used to instant gratification, having things exactly when we want them. But with a lot of high calorie treats, that’s not really how it should be. So my “homemade” rule is one of the better food rules, in my opinion. It makes me slow down.

It’s time for me to impose my “homemade” rule, because yesterday I ate Costco frozen yogurt and I just finished a store-bought Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. While homemade foods still have calories and fat, I feel better knowing that I’m not adding chemicals to my foods. Not to mention, I can control the amount of fat, sugar and salt. It’s not perfect, but it’s a step in the right direction.

I pretty much always want ice cream, so when Peanut Butter & Co. sent me their The Bee’s Knees Peanut Butter to try out, I decided ice cream was the perfect creation.

Honey Peanut Butter Ice Cream

1/2 cup honey
2 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 cup milk (I used non-fat)
1 cup The Bee’s Knees Peanut Butter

Beat together honey and egg yolks until slightly fluffy. Beat in heavy cream and milk. Pour into a medium sauce pan. Turn on heat to medium. Stirring occasionally until it starts to thicken slightly (about 10 minutes). Once the mixture starts to get a bit thick, mix in peanut butter.

Remove from heat and allow to cool completely, then chill. Pour into ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s ingredients.

Freeze for a few hours to set. Serve and enjoy!

I melted some extra Bee’s Knee’s Peanut Butter and drizzled it on top. It was pretty much amazing.

Next time I want to try to make this without the added honey. I think The Bee’s Knees can hold the honey-peanut butter flavor on its own without the extra sweetener.

Want to try making this ice cream on your own? How about winning two free jars of The Bee’s Knees? Peanut Butter and Co. is being awesome and giving away two jars of The Bee’s Knees to one Foodologie reader!

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The giveaway ends May 28th at midnight. Winner we be announced May 28th. Entry open to US residents only.

Disclaimer: As a member of Peanut Butter & Co.’s Yum Squad food blogger club, I received product in exchange for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? I am a little bit in love with pistachio.

Peanut Butter Honey “Bee’s Knees” Pie

August 4, 2013August 4, 20137 Comments

Can we talk about TV for a minute? For my birthday, Jesse got me a Kindle Fire.

I was super excited to have an ebook reader, but then I learned that it comes with a month of free Amazon Prime… That includes the free streaming…

Instead of voraciously reading the classics like I originally intended to, I’ve been watching Downton Abbey. I get it, I’m like 5 years too late. But I’m loving it. To further my recent TV obsession, on Friday night I made Jesse watch 3 episodes of “Orange is the New Black.” Awesome.

So since I like being late to the party, let me tell you about something I made for a party a while back. You remember the Peanut Butter Throwdown, right?

I made White Chocolate Wonderful Ice Cream…

But I also made pie, because pie is always a good idea.

Let me tell you about one of them because you know what else is a good idea? Pretzel crusts.

Along with being obsessed with multiple TV shows, I’m also really into pretzel crusts. I love the salty and sweet combination, so in pie form it takes it to a whole new level.

Peanut Butter Honey Pie

1 1/4 cup pretzel crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Bee’s Knees peanut butter
4 oz cream cheese, softened
7 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
4 tbsp honey

First make your crust by mixing together pretzel crumbs, butter and sugar. Press into a 9” pie dish and place in the freezer until ready to use.

Next, beat together peanut butter, cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk. Beat 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream until if holds firm peaks. Fold whipped cream into peanut butter mixture until combined. Set aside.

Beat remaining 1 cup of whipped cream. Once it start to form peaks, add in 4 tbsp honey.

Next assemble the pie. Spread peanut butter mixture into the pie crust. Top with honey whipped cream. Chill for a few hours. Serve cold.

Ok now you can forgive me while I go crawl into bed to watch more Downton Abbey.

Which shows are you into these days?

I also recently discovered Catfish. That’s totally amazing…

Roasted Pineapple with Cardamom Whipped Cream

January 13, 20132 Comments

We’re mid-way through January and resolutions are in full swing. Most people have a resolution that is health/fitness related. I certainly do. Believe it or not, in 2013 I want to:

1. Eat less sugar
2. Keep up my work outs 3-5 times per week
3. Be able to do 50 pushups without having to drop to my knees after 10

Not the loftiest of goals, but I’ll take it. This doesn’t mean I’ll stop baking. Nope. In fact, last week I made a cake and a pie and today I made cookies (don’t worry I didn’t eat it all). But I might to diversify my recipes to be a little more health conscious.

So for the sake of resolutions, here is a lighter (I say lighter, not light because whipped cream is not healthy) dessert.

It includes fruit, a bit of sugar, some spice, nuts and cream. It’s all about balance after all right?

Roasted Pineapple with Cardamom Whipped Cream

1 pineapple, thinly sliced into rings
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped pecans (or other nuts)
Honey for drizzling

Pre-heat oven to 450F.

Slice pineapple and rub slices with brown sugar (about 1/2 tsp per slice).

Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Flip and roast for another 5-10 minutes or until golden.

In the meantime, make whipped cream. Using a mixer, beat cream until it starts to foam and thicken, add cardamom, sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until it forms firm peaks. Set aside.

Once pineapple is done. Allow to cool slightly. Place a few slices on a plate top with a dollop of whipped cream, sprinkle with nuts (whichever you’d like. I used pecans but I bet pistachios would be awesome), and drizzle with honey. The whipped cream will melt a bit because the pineapple is hot. Depending on the size of your pineapple and how thick your slices are this should serve about 10 people.

The beauty of this recipe is that it’s ok to NOT measure things. It’s easy to scale up or down, just take however much pineapple you want, rub it with some sugar, roast it, serve it with whipped cream (or ice cream?!?!), sprinkle with nuts, drizzle with honey and BAM! Quick and easy light dessert that will impress all.

So whether your new years resolution is to lighten up, throw more dinner parties or become a master chef. This should set you in the right direction.

What’s your New Year’s Resolution?

Fig-Honey Cornmeal Cake

July 28, 2011July 28, 20114 Comments

I have something for you, and I’m pretty sure you’ll love it. It’s simple and sweet, with a bit of a rough texture. No, I’m not talking about your perfect man. I’m talking about cake.

If you were here, I’d serve this to you with a cup of tea. Better yet, I should plan a tea party around this cake.

Who wants to come?

The lovely thing about this cake, aside from the fact that it involves figs and honey, is how quick and easy it is. You can make the whole thing in less than half an hour. And that’s exactly what I did this morning.

Fig-Honey Cornmeal Cake

1/4 cup olive oil
1 egg
1/2 cup honey (plus more for drizzling)
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6-7 fresh figs

Pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round baking pan. Set aside.

Slice figs into wedges (about 6 wedges per fig). Arrange figs onto prepared baking pan. Set aside.

Combine egg, honey, and olive oil in a medium bowl.

In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Combine with cornmeal. Add dry ingredient mixture to wet ingredients. Fold together until just combined.

Then pour the batter over the figs.