Step 1

Mix dry ingredients: Place all the dry ingredients except the cookie dough (i.e. protein powder, peanut butter powder, sweetener, guar gum, salt) in a bowl and combine until evenly mixed. This step is helpful to mix the guar gum evenly in the ingredients and prevent it from clumping when mixed with the liquid ingredients.

Step 2

Blend: Pour hot water from the tap or an electric kettle set to 120-140 °F into the Creami pint. Stir until completely dissolved (approximately 2-3 minutes should suffice) and place the Creami pint in your freezer.

Step 3

Prepare cookie dough: While you’re waiting for the Creami pint to freeze, make the Protein Cookie Dough recipe. Then cut the cookie dough into pieces and place in the freezer. They only need a few hours to freeze.

Step 4

Prepare pint: Remove the Creami pint from your freezer and place it into the outer bowl. If there is a bump in the middle, slice it down to create a flat surface (so Ninja Creami can mix better). Install the Creami paddle into the outer bowl lid, place the lid on the outer bowl and lock into place according to the instructions in the Creami manual.

Step 5

Process: If you are using a Deluxe Creami, select the Top, Full, or Bottom processing mode, rotate the main dial to the “Lite Ice Cream” program, and press the dial to start processing. If you are using the original Creami, then simply press the “Lite Ice Cream” program button.

Step 6

Examine results: When the Creami program finishes, open the outer bowl and observe the results. If it’s powdery as shown in picture 6, then add a teaspoon of almond milk and proceed to step 7.

Step 7

Respin as needed: If the ice cream was powdery in step 6, place the container back into the Creami and select the re-spin program. Note that you may need to repeat steps 6 and 7 multiple times until it has the appropriate texture.

Step 8

Add cookie dough: Once the ice cream is at the right texture, make a hole and insert about half the cookie dough pieces. Then select the Mix-in program. Mix the remainder of the cookie dough pieces by hand. If you prefer larger cookie dough pieces, then skip the mix-in program and mix all the cookie dough pieces by hand.