Cottage Cheese Ice Cream

Name: Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 pint
Ingredients: 2 cups 4% cottage cheese; 1/4 cup honey; 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter, optional; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Miniature semisweet chocolate chips or chopped fruit, optional

Total Time Prep: 5 min. + freezing

Yield 1 pint

Test Kitchen Approved

This cottage cheese ice cream is enriched with peanut butter and sweetened with a drizzle of honey, but it can be customized to fulfill all your healthy ice cream fantasies, whether that's fruity or studded with chocolate chips.

Ingredients

2 cups 4% cottage cheese
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter, optional
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips or chopped fruit, optional

Directions

Place cottage cheese, honey, peanut butter, if using, and vanilla extract in a food processor or high powered blender; puree until smooth and creamy. If desired, fold in chocolate chips or fruit.
Transfer mixture to pint container or 9x5-in. loaf pan. Freeze until firm, 3-4 hours. Let stand at room temperature 15 before serving.

Nutrition Facts

1/2 cup: 178 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 25mg cholesterol, 341mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 0 fiber), 11g protein.

Thick, creamy and subtly sweet, this cottage cheese ice cream comes together in just five minutes and is packed with protein. Perfect for a light treat after dinner, you can also use peanut butter, chocolate chips or berries to vary the flavor. —Julie Andrews, Rockford, Michigan

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