Oh yeah baby!! Yesterday, I went to make some vanilla ice cream for the boys as a treat, and realized the only form of sugar I had was brown sugar. Instantly I knew this ice cream was going to be special, and indeed it was! I prefer to make ice cream solely out of heavy cream, and thankfully a local produce market carries half gallons for $5. Each quart of ice cream I make takes about 3 cups of cream so this is a pretty affordable way to make healthy homemade ice cream!
Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
3 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup organic brown sugar, or muscavado
4 pastured egg yolks
1-2 Tablespoons raw honey (optional)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
vanilla bean, cut into thirds
In a blender, place the sugar and egg yolks. Process until smooth. Add in the vanilla extract and slice one third of a vanilla bean open and scrape into the blender. With the blender running, slowly pour in the cream. Blend thoroughly about 2 minutes. Then pour into your ice cream maker and proceed with instructions of the manufacturer.
This ice cream was so smooth and creamy and just sweet enough. I can imagine it will pair well with the Peach and Blueberry Crisp I am making later in the week!! Not to mention all that good fat and vitamin A from the cream.
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I am contributing this post as a part of ‘Two For Tuesdays‘ a blog carnival.
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HOLY COW! I bet this is totally divine! I love the depth of flavor brown sugar adds, but never thought of using it in icecream…next time- totally! And I totally wish I could find cream that cheap…lucky! Thanks so much for sharing with wo for Tuesdays =)
Two…not wo. HA!
Looks delicious
I’m tryin this one with goat milk! Thanks a bunch for the post.
Using brown sugar in ice cream – brilliant! I totally want to try this. I’m sure it gave it a really lovely richer flavor. Thanks for adding this to our Two for Tuesday blog hop!
@ girlichef – It’s pretty awesome alright!! Hope you enjoy it!! Peace!!
@ Outlaw Farmer – Sure thing!! By the way ~ Love your blog!!
@ Bethany – It was very rich and amazingly creamy!! Delish ~ thanks for stopping by!!
Wow- I love both the fragrance and taste of brown sugar and I’m definitely going to try this one! I bet it was heavenly:)
Another great recipe to try with my raw milk! Yah! Thanks so much for sharing it with us on the two for tuesday recipe blog hop! I grabbed your RSS feed! Take care! Alex@amoderatelife
You’re welcome Alex!! Thanks for hosting Two for Tuesdays!! Peace to ya!!
I’m laughing because I did the exact same thing earlier in the summer when making vanilla pudding. The only sugar I had in the house was brown sugar, and it turned out to be the best pudding I’ve ever had. Thank you for linking up at Two for Tuesdays.
I’m going to try the brown sugar it sounds great. We usually use maple syrup in our ice cream.
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