churro “fried” ice-cream protein cookie cake (Edit recipe)

cookie crust

1. preheat oven to 350.
2. follow my instructions for making brown butter cookies using the following swaps: use peanut butter for the nut butter & PB protein powder in place of protein powder.
3. for the add-ins, fold in sandwich cookies & white chocolate chips, then place cookie dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
4. grease & line the bottom of a 4” spring form pan with parchment paper, add ~5-6 T cookie dough mixture to bottom & spread around.
5. one cookie recipe will yield 4, 4” spring form pans OR make 2 in spring form pans & remaining cookie dough as cookies (bake for less time at 9-10 minutes).
6. bake cookie crust for ~14-16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
7. allow to cool completely before adding protein ice-cream filling.

protein ice-cream filling

1. make a batch of my protein whipped cream & vanilla flavored cottage cheese ice-cream.
2. transfer protein whipped cream, cottage cheese ice-cream, & nut butter to a bowl, then using a hand mixture, whip until fully combined.
3. refrigerate while preparing caramel.

protein chocolate caramel

1. in a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter & brown.
2. stir in remaining “protein chocolate caramel” ingredients & mix until everything is dissolved.
3. remove from heat & allow to cool completely.

"fried" churro chip topping

1. add churro chips to a food processor & blitz a few times into a crumble.
2. mix churro crumble with melted coconut oil OR leftover protein salted chocolate caramel.

toppings

1. add ~1-1.25 cups of protein ice-cream filling to each cooled cookie crust.
2. add several dollops of “protein chocolate caramel” on top, then swirl into ice-cream layer.
3. next, add a generous layer of “fried” churro chip topping.
4. finally, you can finish with a big dollop of your homemade protein whipped cream + rainbow sprinkles.
5. freeze pies in spring form pans for at least 8 hours or until filling is set.
6. once filling is set, remove from springform pans (may need to let sit at room temp for 5-10 minutes first) & enjoy!