Vintage Ice Cream Bread Recipe
A vintage ice cream bread recipe straight from the 1970s! This delicious dessert quick bread recipe can be made with any ice cream.
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What Does Ice Cream Bread Taste Like?
Ice cream bread tastes like a pound cake crossed with whatever flavor of ice cream you used to make it. It is light and sweet and very delicious.
This is a vintage dessert recipe from the 1970s. A viral video has brought it back into modern awareness.
And ANY flavor of ice cream can be used to make this bread. My recipe uses Nutter Butter ice cream with melted peanut butter.
Equipment
- A rectangular loaf pan
- A hand or stand mixer, a whisk may also be used
Ingredients
Ice cream bread only really needs 3 ingredients. I’ve added a couple of extras to mine.
- Nutter Butter Ice Cream | Or ANY flavor you have or prefer.
- All-Purpose Flour | You can substitute with gluten-free ice flour made for baking.
- Baking Powder | This will help the bread rise.
- Butter or oil | For greasing the loaf pan
- Nutter Butter Bar | an optional topping
- Peanut Butter | an optional topping
See the recipe card for exact quantities.
Instructions
Step 1: Start by letting your ice cream melt. You can speed this up by placing the container in hot water. Pour the melted ice cream into a mixing bowl.
Step 2: Using a hand or stand mixer on low speed, add the flour into the melted ice cream 1/2 cup at a time. Add the baking powder and mix until well combined. It will be thick, like brownie batter.
Step 3: Pour batter into a well-greased loaf pan.
Top with your crushed nutter butter bar, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
Step 4: Check with a toothpick at 25 minutes to ensure it is baked through.
Let cool slightly, and drizzle with melted peanut butter.
Slice and serve. Enjoy the perfect loaf of dessert bread!
Hint: Ice cream bread is a GREAT way to use random older ice cream, including multiple mixed flavors, which you may have forgotten in your freezer. Freezer-burned ice cream? Turn it into ice cream bread!
Substitutions & Variations
- Gluten-free ice cream bread: Substitute your favorite gluten-free flour intended for gluten-free baking.
- Play with ice cream flavors: We make ice cream all summer long, and any flavor can work for ice cream bread. Nutter butter is just ONE option.
- Different toppings: From marshmallows to chocolate chips to crushed nuts — use whatever you have on hand and like. Enjoy your loaf with some strawberry freezer jam or other spread.
Storage
Store on the counter covered for up to 3 days or refrigerated for up to 5.
Ice cream bread can be frozen for up to 3 months; wrap it tightly first.
Equipment
- Rectangular Loaf Pan greased
- Hand or Stand Mixer a whisk may also be used
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Nutter Butter Ice Cream or any ice cream
- ½ Cups All-Purpose Flour you may only need 1 cup
- 1.5 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Butter or Oil for greasing the loaf pan
- 1 Nutter Butter Bar crushed, this is optional
- 4 Tablespoons Peanut Butter melted, this is optional
Instructions
- Start by letting your ice cream melt. You can speed this up by placing the container in hot water. Pour the melted ice cream into a mixing bowl.
- Using a hand or stand mixer on low speed, add the flour into the melted ice cream ½ cup at a time. Add the baking powder and mix until well combined. It will be thick, like brownie batter. You may only need 1 cup of flour, or up to 1 1/2 cups.
- Pour batter into a well-greased loaf pan.
- Top with your crushed nutter butter bar, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Check with a toothpick at 25 minutes to ensure it is baked through.
- Let cool slightly, and drizzle with melted peanut butter.
- Slice and serve. Enjoy the perfect loaf of dessert bread!
Notes
- Gluten-free ice cream bread: Substitute your favorite gluten-free flour intended for gluten-free baking.
- Play with ice cream flavors: We make ice cream all summer long, and any flavor can work for ice cream bread. Nutter butter is just ONE option.
- Different toppings: From marshmallows to chocolate chips to crushed nuts — use whatever you have on hand and like. Enjoy your loaf with some strawberry freezer jam or other spread.
