We are on the 9th day of the Baking from around the world theme. I know I have been posting bread recipes with yeast and that takes more than 2 hours to prepare, but today’s Ice Cream Bread recipe is super simple. No yeast, no kneading and no waiting time required either. All you need is two main ingredients – ice cream and self-rising flour. Mix them and bake them. Voila – your Ice Cream Bread is ready. :-)
I researched a lot for this theme of ABC baking from around the world. I am not exaggerating, but I spent more time in researching the recipes than cooking. These are the criteria’s that I had in mind,
- First of all, I have to pick recipes in alphabetical order, and I cannot choose a recipe from the same country twice.
- I need to pick easy recipes also. (Not so complex ones as I am not a pro when it comes baking)
- The recipes that my family will love.
Noone Knows the Origin
The recipe research was indeed a daunting task. The first bread recipes that I came across was this ice cream bread and guess what; no one knows the origin of this bread. :-) Apparently, someone posted the recipe they tried from the Southern Living magazine in food.com. I saw a lot of recipes similar, but no one knew the origin. So I am going to go ahead and post this under “United States” and please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. :-)
The first recipe that I tried for this marathon is also this recipe. I might have baked this more than five times by now with all different ice cream flavors, with and without tutti frutti and with and without confetti. This bread reminded me of the wonder cake that we used to have in India. For this recipe, I used vanilla flavored ice cream and some colored confetti/sprinkles. But that’s entirely optional.
As mentioned in my biscuit post, self-rising flour is a combination of all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. You can prepare it by combining of 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1.5 teaspoons baking powder and ¼ teaspoon fine salt.
Recap before this Ice Cream Bread recipe:
- 2015 | Day 9 – Eggless Jam Cookies
- 2016 | Day 9 – Inji Thokku
- 2017 | Day 9 – I | Icecream Bread
Ice Cream Bread | A Two Ingredient Bread
Ingredients:
- Ice cream – 2 cups (softened) / 1 pint
- Self – rising flour – 1.5 cups
- Colored Sugar Confetti/sprinkles – 2 tbsps.
Prep – Work:
- If you ice cream is not soft, microwave it for 20 to 30 seconds.
Steps:
- Preheat your oven to 350 deg F.
- Combine the melted ice cream and self-rising flour.
- I used my hand mixer to blend them. You can mix using hand whisk too. Make sure you remove all the air pockets and mix until well combined.
- At this stage add the sugar confetti or other toppings and fold in.
- Spray the loaf pan with cooking spray and pour the batter evenly.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick when inserted comes out clean.
- Let it cool before slicing.
That’s it yummy ice cream bread is ready.
Notes:
- You can use any flavored ice cream, but try to avoid the non-fat ones.
- You use any toppings like tutti frutti, sprinkles or even chocolate chips.
- Insert a toothpick after 30 minutes and bake 5 or 10 minutes more accordingly.
- If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can prepare it by combining of 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1.5 teaspoons baking powder and ¼ teaspoon fine salt.
📖 Recipe
Ice Cream Bread | A two ingredient bread with no yeast
Ingredients
- 2 cups Ice cream softened / 1 pint
- 1.5 cups Self – rising flour
- 2 tbsp Colored Sugar Confetti/sprinkles
Instructions
Prep – Work
- If you ice cream is not soft, microwave it for 20 to 30 seconds.
Steps
- Preheat your oven to 350 deg F.
- Combine the melted ice cream and self-rising flour.
- I used my hand mixer to blend them. You can mix using hand whisk too. Make sure you remove all the air pockets and mix until well combined.
- At this stage add the sugar confetti or other toppings and fold in.
- Spray the loaf pan with cooking spray and pour the batter evenly.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a tooth pick when inserted comes out clean.
- Let it cool before slicing.
- That’s it yummy ice cream bread is ready.
Notes
- You can use any flavored ice cream, but try to avoid the non-fat ones.
- You use any toppings like tutti frutti, sprinkles, or even chocolate chips.
- Insert a toothpick after 30 minutes and bake 5 or 10 minutes more accordingly.
- If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can prepare it by combining 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1.5 teaspoons baking powder and ¼ teaspoon fine salt.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
If you liked this recipe, you will love these, too:
- Eggless Irish Soda Bread with Buttermilk
- Basic Homemade White Bread
- Rotimatic Pita Bread
- Bread Pizza | Vegetable Bread Pizza with Tomato-Pesto Sauce
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 75
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Wow that bread is a pure bliss with only two ingredients. Amazing.
Yup. Thanks :-)
That is such a nifty bread recipe — just 3 ingredients and voila you have a delicious bread. Very interesting recipe.
Thank you :-)
That is a yummy bread and with all the flavors the family would have loved it.
:-) Thanks Sandhya
Have seen this bread in FB feed long back, and now you are with, interesting bread Vidhya, lovely pick yaar.
Thank you.
Even since i saw this in your blog i badly wanted to try this out!! May be within a week or soon.. So so in love with the bread!!
Please do try Sharmila. The little one would love it.
Amazing Recipe. Never heard of it before. Will definitely try it. Can you please let me know how long this bread will stay?
Hi Niru, Thanks a lot. I prepared it couple of times and we consumed it within two days. So I am not able to comment on the shelf life. But when refrigerated it should stay good.
Fantastic texture and what a wonderful idea right..I remember reading these bread and wanted to try it myself..now will surely make it..:)
oh yeah.. Vaazhga whoever invented this recipe. :-)
Whoever invented this bread is simply a genius! Ice cream bread, that can happen only in the USA haha! Lovely choice and I’m sure it tasted fantastic.
he he..I totally agree..
I loved this recipe , I guess I should start with simple breads , this one is a simple but very interesting one . Looks fantastic with those sprinklers . I also like the multiple variations you have suggested .
Thanks a lot Vaishali.
Very interesting bread. I bet the kids would love this.
Oh yeah.. Vaandu enjoyed it a lot.
i m definitely trying it Sri:-) 2 Ingredient is my fav part that too with a tasty ice cream
:-) Please do try and let me know how you liked it.
Wow! That’s a cool bread…it would be such a life saver for unexpected guests. Bookmarking it!
And totally agree with you – spent more time researching than actual baking!
That’s the case with all these mega BMs right? Thanks Sowmya.
Bread looks awesome ?
Thanks :-)