Thursday, August 7, 2008

Homemade Ice Cream

Well, I'm going to follow my friend, Renna's, good example at "Finding my Knitch" and post my recipe for homemade ice cream. I had been thinking of making some, ever since receiving a bunch of wonderfully delicious fresh peaches. There are still some in my refrigerator, and 25 pints canned up on my shelves. We also enjoyed a peach cobbler and a peach pie. But I'm getting off track here. After much searching for a good peach ice cream recipe, I settled on one that looked good and easy and did not involve cooking anything. Then I concocted my own recipe that didn't use peaches at all but was so yummy, my husband and I have been thoroughly enjoying it!
Here's the recipe:

1 pint half and half
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk (I used fat-free, 'cause it's what I had)
2 T vanilla
1 can coconut pecan frosting (I used Pillsbury, but I expect any brand will do)
a bunch of Whopper chocolate ice cream syrup (I didn't measure, but would guess about 1/4 cup -- taste it and see if if suits you)

Freeze in your ice cream freezer and enjoy! I didn't have enough ice (or maybe it was patience that I was lacking) but mine didn't freeze up all the way in the ice cream freezer. It was like soft-serve ice cream. After spending the next 24 hours in the freezer, it was perfect. Easy to scoop -- just like store-bought ice cream -- not hard as a rock as some of mine have been in the past. Really yummy too.

Alas, no photo of it, but it looks like light brown ice cream with flecks of coconut and pecans in it. Bet you could have figured that one out for yourself, huh?