Ice Cream Social: Peanut Butter Banana Malt Dusty Road Sundaes | Baking a Moment

My apparent inability to count has resulted in your reward. Though Ice Cream Social was supposed to be "a week-long post-a-thon of ice cream recipes", I somehow forgot to count myself among the 7 bloggers and ended up with one extra day of ice cream! Terrible, I know.

And by terrible, I obviously mean absolutely fantastic. Because to wrap up this incredible week, I've got Allie from Baking a Moment sharing a recipe that includes peanut butter and banana and malted milk balls and all sorts of sweetness.

Speaking of sweetness, Allie is probably one of the sweetest people ever. When I met her in May {yes, at BlogHer Food where I seem to have met everyone and their mama}, I felt like I had known her for ages. In fact, I found myself just tagging along with her group throughout the conference day because I just felt so comfortable that I couldn't help myself! {Note: Find nice people to do this with so that they don't give you "Who the heck are you?" looks.}

Her blog keeps me browsing for hours on end. The girl has got some talent in the kitchen and behind the lens. Try not to dive head-first into your computer screen when you take at just about everything her Apple Rose Tart with Maple Custard and Walnut Crust {I'm not kidding, you really have to see this to believe it. Gorgeous.} or her Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake Tartlets. I can't even. There are no words.


Want to check out all of her beautiful baking for yourself? Follow Allie on her pages to get a glimpse of the magic!

*Don't forget!* Enter to win our Ice Cream Social prize pack including goodies from our friends at Joy Cone & a copy of the fabulous Ruby Violet's Ice Cream Dreams from our pals at Hardie Grant!

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Hi there, Kitchen Prep friends!  I’m Allie, and I usually blog over at Baking a Moment. I’m so happy to be filling in for Dianna today, for this fun Ice Cream Social event!  How awesome is this, to get a new and fabulous ice cream recipe from a different blogger every day?!   

When it comes to homemade ice cream, my philosophy is, you gotta go big or go home.   I mean, let's be honest here: making homemade ice cream is kind of a process.  You have to think ahead, you have to plan, freeze the canister, chill the custard, and on and on and on.  If I am going to invest that kind of time and effort, it had better be bug-your-eyes-out amazing.

So this one is not low-cal by any stretch.  Just want to put that out there from the get-go.  But it definitely fits the bug-your-eyes-out bill. There are a lot of egg yolks (so you've got whites in your fridge for macarons! Or Swiss meringue buttercream), and obvs, cream.  Suuuuper rich, veeeeerrrrrry creamy.  Even after it's had a good nights rest in the freezer, this ice cream is soft and so creamy.  You'll have no trouble scooping it, and it will never be icy.  I could never give you icy ice cream, that is just such a slap in the face and I have too much respect for you to ever do that.

The ice cream base is infused with banana and brown sugar (omg!).  Then, it's ribboned with honey peanut butter (OMG!).  Then, sprinkled throughout with crushed malted milk balls (don't... stop!).  As if that weren't enough, you are going to drizzle it with chocolate sauce and dust it with malt powder (BOOM!).

Are you familiar with Dusty Road Sundaes?  I wasn't sure if that's a regional thing, or what.  Usually it's vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and malt powder.  Definitely a favorite of mine, but this is on a whole different level.  I'm going big here, remember?

Peanut Butter Banana Malt Dusty Road Sundaes

8 egg yolks

¾ cup light brown sugar

1 ripe banana, mashed

⅛ teaspoon kosher salt

1 ½ cups milk (I used 1%)

2 ½ cups heavy cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup peanut butter

¼ cup honey

1 ½ cups malted milk balls, chopped

chocolate sauce

malted milk powder

1. Freeze the canister of an ice cream maker overnight.

2. Place the egg yolks, brown sugar, banana, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to combine. 

3. Heat the milk in a medium pot until small bubbles form around the edges.  Pour the hot milk into the egg mixture in a slow and steady stream, while whisking.  Transfer the mixture back to the pot.

4. Add the cream and heat over medium-low heat, whisking, until the mixture thickens slightly and is very hot to the touch.  Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.  Refrigerate the mixture overnight.

5. Mix the peanut butter and honey together in a small bowl.

6. Pour the chilled custard into the ice cream maker (with the machine running).  Allow it to churn for 20-30 minutes, or until it has the consistency of soft serve.

7. Layer the ice cream in a loaf pan, drizzling it with the peanut butter mixture, and sprinkling with chopped malted milk balls (work quickly!).  Freeze until hard.

8. Top scoops of ice cream with chocolate sauce and dust with malted milk powder. 

Thank you so much, Dianna, for inviting me to be a part of your Ice Cream Social!  I had so much fun coming up with this idea, and I hope you guys all enjoyed!  If you’re looking for more fun summer treats, I’d love for you to pop over to Baking a Moment and check out what I’ve been up to.  Here are a few summery dessert ideas you might enjoy:  

Raspberry Magic Custard Cake Bars