Spiked Trefoil Milkshake Recipe

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Maggie Hoffman
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Maggie Hoffman
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Updated April 15, 2020
Robyn Lee

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Note: Allow ice cream to soften at room temperature for 5 minutes before scooping.

Recipe Details

Spiked Trefoil Milkshake Recipe

Active 10 mins
Total 70 mins
Makes 2 milkshakes

Ingredients

  • 15 Trefoil cookies
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 2 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream (15 ounces / about 5 medium scoops)
  • 1/2 ounce bourbon
  • Pinch salt
  • Garnish: Whipped cream and crumbled Trefoil cookies

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Toast cookies in oven on a foil-lined baking sheet until fragrant and slightly darker in color, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Using tongs, add to a sealable container. Add milk and cover. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.

  2. Strain milk mixture into blender. Discard cookie solids. Add ice cream, bourbon, and salt to blender. Purée until smooth.

  3. Divide among serving glasses, top with whipped cream and crumbled cookies.

Special equipment

Blender, fine-mesh strainer

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