DessertsHigh proteinQuick & easy8 min
Cookie Dough Protein Ice Cream

Cookie Dough Protein Ice Cream

Blend it and freeze it in a shallow container, not a deep one. A deep tub freezes into a brick you cannot get a spoon into.

21gProtein
233Calories
24gCarbs
10gFat

Computed per serving from USDA FoodData Central

8 minPrep
—Cook
3 hrChilling
8 minTotal
4Serves
AmericanCuisine

Ingredients

  • 2 cupscottage cheese
  • ⅓ cupwhey protein powder, vanilla, about 1 scoop per 1/3 cup
  • 3 tbspgranulated sweetener
  • 2 tspvanilla extract
  • ¼ cuprolled oat
  • 1 tbsppeanut butter
  • 1½ ozdark chocolate, chopped
  • 1 pinchsea salt

Equipment

Blender · Shallow freezer container

Method

  1. Blend the cottage cheese, protein powder, sweetener and vanilla for a full minute until it is completely smooth and slightly airy.

  2. Make the cookie dough bits: mash the oats, peanut butter, a spoon of the blended base and a pinch of salt together, then roll into small pieces.

  3. Fold the dough pieces and the chopped chocolate through the base by hand.

  4. Spread it into a shallow container — wide and flat, not deep.

  5. Freeze 3 hours. Leave it on the counter 5 minutes before scooping.