Cool off this summer with these ice cream recipes

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — We all need to cool off this summer and the best way to do that is with ice cream.

Plus, July is National Ice Cream Month. Shannon Smith stops by a new shop in the Piedmont on this Recipe Wednesday to make some cool summer treats.

Dream Kreams in downtown Winston-Salem gives us these great recipes.

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Strawberry lemonade cookies for ice cream sandwiches

Ingredients:

• Strawberry and Lemon cake mixes
• 7 tablespoons salted butter (melted)
• 2 large eggs (room temp)
• 1/2 c white chocolate
• 1 teaspoon strawberry extract (optional)

Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. To a bowl add butter, eggs, and extract
3. Mix well
4. Add in strawberry cake mix
5. Mix until combined then add white chocolate
6. Set aside
7. Repeat with lemon cake mix
8. Combine equal parts of strawberry and lemon cookie dough and make small balls with your hands
9. Bake for 10-12 minutes until cookies rise (cookies should not be brown)

Pineapple Sherbet

Ingredients:

• 1 pack island pineapple jello
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup of cream

Recipe:

1. Combine pineapple juice and jello
2. Whisk until the jello has dissolved
3. Add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of cream
4. Whisk together
5. Mix with a hand mixer until doubled in size
6. Freeze overnight

Iced latte w/ ice cream cold foam

Ingredients:

• 16 oz Cup w/ ice
• 1 cup Cold Brew Coffee
• 1/2 cup milk of your choice
• One scoop of ice cream
• 1/4 cup of milk of your choice

Recipe:

1. Add coffee and milk to the cup of ice
2. With a hand frother (you can use a fork), whip together ice cream and milk
3. Pour on top of drink

Coco lime dirty Dr. Pepper float

Ingredients:

• 2 scoops of ice cream
• Splash of coconut crème coffee creamer
• Lime wedge
• Can of Dr. Pepper

Recipe:

1. Add to a cup of ice cream, coconut crème coffee creamer and a squeeze of a lime wedge
2. Add a can of Dr. Pepper

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