Apple Streusel Ice Cream

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons cold butter, plus
• 4 1/2 teaspoons cold butter, divied
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup chopped peeled golden delicious apple
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 for streusel, combine the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 stir in pecans.
• 3 press into a 9 inch pie plate.
• 4 bake at 350f for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are browned.
• 5 cool slightly; break into small pieces.
• 6 cool completely.
• 7 in a skillet, melt remaining butter.
• 8 stir in the apple, sugar and cinnamon.
• 9 cook for 8-10 minutes or until apple is tender; cool.
• 10 in a large saucepan, heat the milk to 175f, stir in sugar until dissolved.
• 11 cool.
• 12 in a large bowl, combine the milk mixture, cream and vanilla.
• 13 refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• 14 fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two thirds full; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.
• 15 refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze.
• 16 add apple mixture to each batch of ice cream; freeze 5 minutes longer.
• 17 spoon a third of the ice cream into a freezer container.
• 18 top with a third of the streusel mixture.
• 19 drizzle with a third of the caramel topping.
• 20 repeat layers once.
• 21 top with remaining ice cream.
• 22 with a spatula, cut through ice cream in several places to gently swirl layers.
• 23 cover; freeze overnight.
• 24 garnish with the remaining streusel and caramel topping.