Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn's Favorite Ice Cream Shop

Create your own tasty ice cream concoctions at home with this collection of recipes from the beloved Brooklyn ice cream shop.

Ample Hills Creamery is an ice-cream destination that attracts thousands of customers each day from near and far to Prospect Heights and Gowanus, Brooklyn. Lines wind around the block, spurred on by the chance to try one of their unforget­table flavors, and these and countless others will be dreamed up in kitchens across the country with the help of Ample Hills Creamery.

Featuring recipes for the most sought-after flavors—including Salted Crack Caramel, Ooey Gooey, and the Munchies—the book is organized by mood. Are you feeling nostalgic? Try a scoop of Black Cow Float. Or maybe you need a drink? Daddy’s Sundae, made with bourbon, will set you right. For kids and kids-at-heart, stories, activities, and hand-drawn characters appear throughout each chapter, offering games, helpful tips, and inspiration for creating new flavors.

With mouthwatering photography and charming illustrations, Ample Hills Creamery is a definitive, cow-filled guide for ice cream lovers and DIY enthusiasts alike.

“Ample Hills Creamery is a book every ice cream lover will want in their library. Their book is as fun and charming as their corner shop in Brooklyn.” —Melissa Elsen and Emily Elsen, Four & Twenty Blackbirds

“I’ve eaten a lot of ice cream in my day and I’d say that Salted Crack Caramel Ice Cream may be the most delicious flavor I’ve ever tasted!” —James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Symon

“Beautiful and downright fun . . . Two cones up!” —Julia Turshen, co-author of the bestselling cookbook It’s All Good

“I’m a longtime fan of Ample Hills. I love the fact that everything is made in house, even the peppermint patties for my favorite ice cream.” —Dan Kluger, James Beard Award-winning chef of ABC Restaurants

© 2014 Stewart, Tabori & Chang (Ebook): 9781613125984

Release date

Ebook: 15 April 2014