Almond Butter Ice Cream page

[Anonymous]

Last night I was considering the fat in ice cream and was wondering about almond butter ice cream.


I came across this recipe:

http://barneybutter.com/recipes/ice-cream.html


While it obviously has dairy in it, it's not entirely primal.


I've been curious lately about using fruit as a sugar replacement in things. I made bread and used a banana to sweeten it, and it worked pretty well. Wondering if an apple or banana instead of the sugar would work in this. It'd obviously change the consistency of it.

[erik.cisler]

Sounds incredible.


What about coconut milk instead of cream, if you're worried about dairy?


I think a banana'd work great. 3/4 cup sugar just seems excessive, and I find I'm more sensitive to sweetness now.


I don't have access to an ice cream maker just yet, but my folks have one that doesn't get much use. I'll have to nab it next time I see them.


Lemme know if you try it out.

[Anonymous]

I'm not worried about dairy.


But, yeah, i was considering the sweetness sensitivity thing. I've been making flax/almond meal bread, and thinking about putting a puree'd apple in to make it a little sweet for breakfasts.


I just have to justify an ice cream machine, though, which I don't know if I can do. Wonder if I could trade my almost new rice cooker for one.

[TaydaTot]

unsweetened applesauce is a great sweetener for baking.

[MikeFrench668]

This does sound great!

[Ecala]

Okay you guys.

I just made this.

But I changed the recipe to use coconut milk, stevia and simplify the overall process.


O.M.G. <major drool>


It's so good.


Let me tell you how I did it.


I halved the recipe (using the original recipe from the link-- I halved it just in case it didn't turn out, didn't want to waste my precious eggs )


Over medium heat-- Put 3 yolks in a saucepan and whisked with 1 can of whole coconut milk. Added a shake of salt. To that add about 1/3-1/2 cup of raw almond butter. Mix well to combine.


Heated over medium heat til it coated the back of a spoon. Added stevia to taste.


I put the whole pan in the freezer to cool.


When cool, I transferred whole batch to the ice cream maker and churned for the specified amount of time (about 15 mins).


Very very tasty. This recipe's a keeper.

[Anonymous]

awesome!

[Ecala]

timconradinc! get an ice cream maker! You won't reget it, I promise.

[Anonymous]

i'm pretty excited about this recipe for a number of reasons. mostly because i really like ice cream, but don't have it that often. If I could figure out a reasonable sweetener - like the fruit i mentioned - for this, it'd be a pretty nice treat for me.


Assuming, of course, I could spread it out over more than 1 sitting. But, with fruit, it wouldn't be so bad - 1 apple or banana would be fine.

[MikeFrench668]

Awesome Ecala! Thank you!