I’ve been trying to come up with shortcut mix-ins for the fun ice cream flavors I crave, because it’s a lot of work to have to make mix-ins in advance of making the actual ice cream. I thought plain old saltine pieces might work as a cobbler mix-in, and I was right. Combine that with a store-bought jar of mixed berry jam… it’s like berry cobbler a la mode, but all in one!

Guessipe

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup saltines, broken into pieces
• 3/4 cup mixed berry jam

Whisk together the heavy cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, and salt until the sugar dissolves. Refrigerate for a few hours.

Churn the chilled cream mixture in an ice cream maker until the ice cream crawls up the sides of the bowl (about 20 minutes). Fold in the saltine pieces.

Transfer 1/3 of the ice cream to a chilled glass container. Dollop 1/3 of the jam onto the ice cream. Add another 1/3 of the ice cream and dollop more jam. Add the rest of the ice cream. Dollop the remainder of the jam. Swirl with a knife.

Press plastic wrap onto the surface of the ice cream, and freeze for at least 4 hours before serving.