Recipe For Cooking Ice Cream Baked Potato

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Ice Cream Baked Potato

Source: Cowgirl Hall of Fame, New York, New York

Vanilla ice cream, softened
1 C. pecan bits, roasted
1 tea. green food coloring
1/2 C. (1 stick) sweet butter, softened
1/4 C. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. yellow food coloring
Chocolate sauce, recipe follows
1 C. cocoa powder, for dusting
2 C. whipped cream

Form Potato: Take 3 generous scoops of vanilla ice cream and place in aluminum foil. Mold to shape of baked potato and return to freezer until firm, about 1 hr..

Make Chives: Mix roasted pecan bits with green food coloring until well coated.

Make Butter Patties: In mixer, cream butter with powdered sugar and add yellow food coloring. Spread 1/4-in. thick on foil-lined pan and freeze about 20 min. Remove and cut in 1-in. pats.

Assembly: Spoon a generous amount of chocolate sauce on the bottom of a dessert plate. Unwrap frozen "potato" and dust with cocoa powder all over. Spoon whipped cream on top of potato, sprinkle with "chives," and top with "butter pats". Serve with Chocolate Sauce.

Chocolate Sauce
1 C. chocolate chips
1/4 C. heavy cream
1 Tbsp. butter

Put all ingredients in glass bowl and microwave for 1 min. on HIGH. Remove and whisk until smooth.

Makes approximately: 4 servings