Hello bakers, my name is Bitty Kembleford, and today I'll he making a special take on a summer classic: The Alaskan Root Beer Float.
Do you remember the first time you had a root beer float? I do. I must have been around 7 years old and we were visiting my grandparents in Phoenix, in the summer.
Have you ever been to
Arizona in the summer? Must be why I find Sacramento so tolerable. Let's just say it's hot.
I still remember all of us greedy kids, still in our swim suits, having been cooling off in the pool all day, lined up in the kitchen, wide eyed as we watched my father pull the multicolored hankercheif out of his weenie and
clap in joyful glee.
It was just last
Tuesday, a year ago, that my divorce happened. Very
tragic. Humorous as well.
I was a mess. I went to the store and bought vinegar, ketchup, licorice, root
beer, cigarettes, and vanilla ice cream.
Fortunately, I didn't put all of that together (whew... heart attack avoided), but I did make a root beer float, one of the most classic memories of my childhood.
It seems
like root
beer floats have been following me everywhere. Even after
dad got shot.
Now let's crack on, shall we?
I use the So Delicious Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream and Virgil's Organic Root
Beer for my Alaskan Root Beer Float.
Using your favorite ash tray, combine cigarettes, vinegar, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, combine one cup of Vanilla Ice Cream, and a bottle of your Virgil's Organic Root
Beer.
Heated on medium, take a pot full of boiling
water, and butterscotch Jell-O Mix, and combine until the lumps of Jell-O are
gone. Next, remove from heat, and add the previous ingredients. Refridgerate for two days.
After all the anxious waiting, remove your Root Beer Float from the
fridge. Makes two servings (serve with ketchup).