Ice Cream Bread + Video

I am an avid user of Tumblr. I actually enjoy it more than Facebook (who even likes Facebook anymore?) A bit more anonymous, a lot more content to filter through, somewhat private if family members are unaware it even exists, not to mention, you have no idea what you’re going to find. Tumblr is as infinite as Facebook and not as personal. Some people use Tumblr as a place to blog, to collect various things that go along with the theme of what you like to follow, and you can follow other people. I go on Tumblr mostly to see new things and what’s out in the world, what is the latest craze that has everyone going nuts. You never know what you’ll find.

One such beauty I stumbled across recently is a video someone posted on how to make ice cream bread. That’s right, you heard me correctly. Ice. Cream. Bread.

Now you’re probably as curious as I am. How does one make ice cream bread? Is it actual ice bread made into loaves? Is it bread layered with ice cream in between? What in the world is it?

You can see the video for yourself here: 

A three minute video is all it took for me to hop onto this extraordinary find. It made me thinking that we no longer have to buy bread. We can make it ourselves out of ice cream! Not to mention there are only two ingredients in which to make it with? I’m sold!

All you need for ice cream bread:

-         -  Flavor of ice cream. Whatever your heart desires. I started with vanilla.

-          - Self-rising flour.

That is it. Two ingredients.

You mix everything together in a decent sized bowl until it comes together in a consistency of dough. Spread it evenly into a small bread pan lined with grease and you toss it in the oven at 350 degrees for a good 35-50 minutes depending on the type of oven and how it heats. It took me a good hour for the mixture to come together and rise, and when it did rise, formed a healthy looking brown crust across the top—reminiscent of a nice loaf of bread. Kitchen smelled as fresh as a bakery, too. Nothing beats the smell of freshly made bread.

Interesting part about it is that there is no taste of ice cream. The crust around the bread tastes just like any crust on bread, but bread part itself, almost tasted like cake. It was not as sweet as I thought it was going to be, and a little too dry to eat on its own. I added preserves with mine and it really made the taste of the bread burst. Next time I plan to use a different flavor of ice cream and add a little more ice cream than the recipe calls for to make it a little more moist.

Who needs to buy bread anymore when a gallon of ice cream and self-rising flour is all you need? 

Vanilla Ice Cream Bread