Recipe Box, 2 Easy Breezy Summer Desserts
I tweaked 2 favorite recipes to share today, easy breezy summer desserts
Zucchini cookies are a perfect summer cookie
I tweaked my original recipe, White Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies, by adding butterscotch chips too
They are easy to make, not to mention very tasty, and at least there is a healthy ingredient in there!
See recipe at end of this post
You can see the original recipe and more photos here
I also tweaked the Bushwacker Ice Cream Recipe
Bushwackers are a favorite cocktail, or “adult milkshake” on our part of the Gulf Coast, usually made with rum and several liqueurs, chocolate syrup, and ice cream
For this recipe, I changed some of the liqueurs, using only Baileys and Coconut Rum Liqueur, Cool Whip and sweetened condensed milk
Instead of a spoon of dark chocolate sauce
I used chocolate syrup
I swirled it in with a knife after mixing the other ingredients
I didn’t mix it too much because I wanted the swirls to show…
You can also make it into an ice cream pie and serve it with chocolate sauce on top
This is definitely adults only ice cream!
Two great recipes for summer!
Zucchini Cookies with Butterscotch and White Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter [1 1/2 sticks] melted
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups grated zucchini about 1 medium
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Mix butter with egg, sugar, and vanilla.
- Add zucchini.
- Mix flour, baking powder and salt and add to zucchini mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop by large spoonfuls onto a silpat lined baking sheet [or greased baking sheet].
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until edges just begin to brown and bottoms are set Cool slightly before removing to rack. Makes about 24-30 cookies depending on scoop size
Boozy Bushwacker Ice Cream
Equipment
- 8 1/2 pint jars or freezer container*
Ingredients
- 1 can 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tub 8 oz. Cool Whip Dessert Topping, thawed
- 1/4 cup Baileys Irish Creme liqueur**
- 1/4 cup Kahlua liqueur**
- 1/4 cup Coconut Rum liqueur**
- thick chocolate sauce {I used Stonewall Farms Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel}
Instructions
- Place milk in a large mixing bowl or measuring cup and fold in Cool Whip. Mix liqueurs together and add to bowl, gently combine. Transfer mixture to a pourable container or use a funnel and pour into 1/2 pint jars, filling about 2/3 of the way. Add a generous spoon full of chocolate sauce to the center. Cover jars and place in freezer for at least 3 hours before serving. Keep in freezer. Makes about 8, less than 1 oz. of alcohol per serving.
Notes
Enjoy!
for another printable version of these recipes click on the highlighted titles below
Zucchini Cookies with Butterscotch and White Chocolate Chips
Bushwacker Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream
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Love your tweaked recipes Jenna! I had to chuckle at your Bushwacker ice cream warning, “eat responsibly!’ As far as I’m concerned that warning label should be printed on every carton in the grocery store…we can’t keep it in the house! 😉
Jenna, cookies and ice cream , is there anything better? I must try the zucchini cookies, they really look delicious. Ice cream in any form or variation is always a temptation! Happy Wednesday!
Thanks Pam, I love the cookies and they are a great way to sneak in a little vegetables!
You come up with the most creative names for your recipe! They make me smile~!
haha, thanks Jeanie!
Did you say “cookies and ice cream”? Yes please, Jenna, I’ll have some of each! I’m thinking the pie version with the ice cream would be a cool summer dessert! Thanks for sharing both recipes!
thanks Kitty, the pie is often requested!
These sound delicious!! 🙂
Yes they are!
Ooh, those cookies look really yummy. I baked several loaves of zucchini bread recently it it was delicious. Oh I bet those cookies taste amazing too. I may just need to try those. That ice cream pie looks amazing! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Thank you Cyndi, summer favorites!
As always, looks delish!! Anything with zucchini is always my fav!
I love zucchini too Patti, never get tired of it
That pie looks amazing! 😍💕 And I love zucchini in cookies… thanks for the recipes Jenna! 👍
You are so welcome, these are family favorites!
Yes, PLEASE!
Pinned the pie! Would love a cookie right now though, ha. 😉
My daughter, who never eats sweets was loving the cookies 😄
Waw! these dishes are looking very delicious and yummyyy😋😋
ha, thanks Stephen!