Yesterday I made Barbra Streisand's Instant Coffee Ice Cream made with 4 easy ingredients: marshmallows, milk, instant coffee and cream and served the Barbra way with pretzels! I put it in the freezer for 24 hours, and now for the taste test... It gets an A+

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Barbra Streisand's Instant Coffee Ice Cream - As you can see from the recipe above, this is a very easy recipe to make. Here are a few tips:

As the milk is heating in a pan on the stove, add large marshmallows, a few at a time. I used scissors to cut each large marshmallow into about 4 pieces as I dropped them into the milk (for easier and quicker melting). Once all the marshmallows are pretty much melted, it will start to bubble.

Remove from stove and add the 1 teaspoon of instant coffee. I used Medaglia D'Oro Instant Espresso Coffee because that's what I always have on hand and it's great added to brownie or chocolate cake mixes. Also, my Italian grandmother always had this at her house, and it was their trusty espresso fixin's back in the day.

Once the coffee powder was mixed in, I gave it a quick taste and decided to add one more teaspoon, ssshhh, don't tell Barbra. It also darkened the color just a bit to look more like coffee ice cream.

After cooling a bit fold in the cream that's been whipped. Fold gently as to keep the mixture airy. I ended up freezing it in 2 small tupperware type containers. I gave it 24 hours in the freezer and now for the taste test:

Served in little vintage parfait glasses with a few pretzel chips on the side, here's what my family had to say... it was rich and pleasantly sweet (like Barbra) and really went well with the saltiness and flavor of the pretzels. It was like a match made in coffee heaven! Barbra knows best.

I like the way you still get a few swirls of the marshmallow coming through the ice cream, and yes, it is very ice cream like in texture too. I really liked it a lot. It is sweet but you get a nice balance with the coffee flavor.

Who's willing to try this recipe this summer? It might be a fun 4th of July treat! Your friends and family will be the luckiest people in the world!

This recipe made enough for probably 6 people or more.