It has been quite steamy outside here in Minnesota lately, so it is the perfect time to enjoy cool treats like ice cream!  I have been wanting to make some, and Eric and I had been watching a video on YouTube about this place that makes all sorts of different ice cream sandwiches, and it made me hungry.So I decided that I needed to make my own at home.  I thought long and hard about what kind I wanted to make, that would fit with the ingredients I had on hand, and I ended up landing on PB and J.  Because I am kind of obsessed with that combo.I was thinking PB cookies with raspberry ice cream for the "jelly" flavor.  I make peanut butter cookies at work all the time, but not much at home, so those sounded good as well, if I had extras to snack on.  The thing I like about Peanut butter cookies is they are nice and simple.  These ones always turn out good, and the dough is super delicious too if you are one of those people like me that likes to eat the cookie dough and thinks that is one of the best parts of the process.

For the raspberry ice cream I used a coconut milk base with a bit of cashew butter to make it nice and creamy.  The base tasted amazing even before freezing, like delicious raspberry cheesecake batter.It turned out nicely in the ice cream maker, but if you didn't have one I have included instructions for how to ma

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