A Daughter’s Special Day/Celebrate with ICE CREAM PIE

We love to CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS in our family!!! The tradition usually includes a special dinner menu chosen by the birthday girl or my husband, aka Poppa. We try to include friends and extended family. This may be the first time in MANY YEARS that I have actually missed celebrating Bethany’s birthday with her in person. My heart will be full of JOY today as I think and pray for my precious Bethany. I had planned to drive up to spend the day with her but last week God had a different plan for me, including being flat on my back for the last 10 days. When you suddenly have a serious physical illness or injury that takes you down, your plans quickly change. So this year I will have to celebrate Bethany by letting everyone know how much I love her and posting about a delicious birthday dessert idea…..

ICE CREAM PIE
Ice cream pies are the easiest birthday dessert to make and you can be creative and style each pie to the particular likes of the person you are trying to honor. Bekah and I had the privilege of making two ice creams pies this week. One was to celebrate the homecoming of her fantastic husband who had been finishing up his visit with his family in Southern California. (Bekah flew up north 5 days early to help take care of me when I was recovering) The other pie was for a pre-birthday/father’s day celebration for my husband. We had so much fun planning out and creating our ice cream pies. We used one 8 inch and one 10 inch spring form pan for our two pies but you can use a regular deep dish pie pan, or any shaped pan you want. It is just easier to serve if you use a spring form pan. Give it a try!!! Enjoy!!!

1 package oreos-regular, mint or golden/graham crackers, gingersnaps
2 Tablespoons melted butter (optional)
1-2 cartons of your favorite flavor ice cream
variety of candy (M & Ms, mini snickers

Remove your ice cream from the freezer and let it sit on the counter for a fe minutes to softenPlace approximately 20 oreos or any hard cookie variety in the Cuisinart and pulse until you have fine crumbs. (If you are using a cookie that does not have a cream filling add the butter to the crumbs and stir until mixed thoroughly, you do not need the butter if you use oreos.)Reserve 1/4 cup of crumbs for decorating the top of your pie. Press the remaining cookie crumbs into the bottom of the pan you choose. Spoon the soft ice cream into the pan being careful not to disturb the crust. Sprinkle the reserved cookie crumbs on top of the pie, decorate with any fun candy that would compliment the taste of your pie and freeze overnight.

Bekah and I made two masterpieces two days ago.

Snickers Ice Cream Pie
Regular oreo crust
Thin layer of Golden Oreo ice cream
Thick layer of Snickers ice cream
Thin layer of chocolate ice crew
Topped with a ring of mini snickers bars

Mint Ice Cream Pie (half of our larger pie)
Mint oreo crust
Thin layer of Thin Mint ice cream
Thick layer of chocolate ice cream with peppermint patties pressed in
Thin layer of mint chocolate chip ice cream
Ring of broken mint oreos on top

Graham Cracker Chocolate Vanilla Surprise (other half of our larger pie
Graham cracker crust
Thin layer of Golden Oreo ice cream
Thick layer of chocolate ice cream
Layer of graham cracker crumbs
Layer of vanilla ice cream
graham cracker crumbles on top