With summer at it's peak, it's hard to think of much else besides cooling down. One way to beat the heat is to start making your own ice creams, ice pops, and milkshakes. Click through the slides to view Foodista's five must-have frozen dessert cookbooks for summer.
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Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book
Humphry Slocombe owners Jake Godby and Sean Vahey with Paolo Lucchesi have written an ice cream cookbook that truly captures this shop's unique voice and character. This is not the book to turn to for a basic recipe for vanilla ice cream but rather to experiment with exciting flavors like sweet summer corn, chocolate smoked salt, rosemary's baby, and boccalone proscuitto. If you are ready for the next step in your ice cream making, this book is sure to lead the way.
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Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones
Bi-RITE Creamery is known for their intensely flavored ice creams. The shop's owners Kris Hoogerhyde and Dabney Gough have made it their mission to make ice cream taste like what "it's supposed to be." They are best known for flavors like honey lavender, brown butter pecan, roasted banana, and even classic vanilla, all of which have recipes included in the cookbook. With 90 recipes to try, it's time to get out the ice cream maker.
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Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
The promise of "scout" mint ice cream and cajeta (Mexican caramel sauce) is enough to lure any ice cream aficionado to Molly Moon's ice cream cookbook. Organized by the seasons, Molly Moon Neitzel takes advantage of the bounty and makes some incredible frozen desserts (complete with condiments) using top-notch ingredients. The simple and delicious recipes are perfect for a beginner yet interesting enough to entice the experienced ice cream maker.
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Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes
Milkshake fanatic, Adam Ried, finally gives this frozen treat the attention it deserves. Whip yourself up a tall glass of the malted caramel shake or tempt your taste buds with interesting creations like the mocha cardamom shake or peanut molasses. If you like to keep things toward the traditional end of the milkshake spectrum, Reid has included recipes for an "inauthentic egg cream" and a variation on the classic black & white. After sipping on one of these milkshakes, it will be difficult to return to just plain chocolate.
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People's Pops
A fruity ice pop is the ideal way to beat the summer heat. Nathalie Jordi, David Carrell and Joel Horowitz have compiled 55 of their favorite recipes from their New York ice pop shop to share with fans in their new cookbook. Savor flavors like raspberry basil and cantaloupe tarragon. Once you have mastered the recipes in this book, you can move to experimenting with the seasonal fruit available in your refrigerator.