Recipe for cooking irish coffee ice cream pie

Cooking with Coffee :: Coffee Desserts

Irish Coffee Ice Cream Pie

1 (8 1/2 ounce) pkg. chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
1/2 c. melted butter
1/4 c. chopped pecans
1 Tbsp. coffee liqueur
1 qt. coffee ice cream, softened
1 c. chilled whipping cream
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. Irish whiskey
1 tsp. instant espresso powder
Chocolate coffee bean candies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix crumbs, butter, pecans and liqueur. Press into 9-in. pie pan. Bake about 8 mins.. Cool. Freeze 1 hour.

Spread ice cream evenly in crust. Freeze until ice cream is set.

Beat whipping cream to soft peaks. Add sugar, whiskey and espresso powder and whip until stiff. Spoon into pastry bag with lrg. star tip. Pipe decoratively over ice cream. Garnish with candies. Freeze 8 hours or overnight.