Ice Cream Bread

I love carbs. I love bread. I love ice cream. Ice cream bread doesn't sound like there could be anything bad about that, right?? I found it on Pinterest, of course, and couldn't wait to give it a try.

To check out the recipe, go here.

Oh my, how excited was I to try this recipe!! I didn't have any chocolate ice cream, so I went with what I did have: chocolate chip cookie dough.

I followed the recipe as written, mixing the ice cream and the self-rising flour until it was well-mixed and then popping it in the oven. Easiest recipe ever.

It still looks pretty dry, but I think that's more just the picture. I mixed the daylights out of that dough.

After it went into the oven, I waited with baited breath for a taste of this delicious bread. It came out of the oven and I waited just a few more minutes for a taste. Unfortunately...it really didn't look all that good. Again, it doesn't look like I mixed it well enough, but I don't know what more I could've done. It was just very dry.

Even more unfortunate: it didn't taste all that good. I had a friend over and she tried a piece (daring soul) as well, she thought it tasted a bit dry but that it would be really good with coffee. I actually tried this test many, many months ago and had planned on trying it again before blogging about it. I didn't want to give up on it, but I have yet to do that, so I'm posting about it. I wouldn't say this is a "loser" recipe...but it's not the moist, lovely consistency I was hoping for. The biggest reason I haven't tried it again is for fear that I will waste, yet again, 2 cups of delectable ice cream. I'm just not sure I'm willing to make that sacrifice. Someday I will. And I'm sure when I do, the bread will be perfect. This was probably a fluke. But, until that happens, I'm gonna have to call this a Pinterest fail.