Friday, November 17, 2006

Banana Bliss Ice Cream

Branden's parents gave us a nice little ice cream maker when they came to visit. It's taken us a little while to start experimenting with it, but this ice cream was worth the wait! We made an orange sorbet first (just orange juice and sugar). This is the first creamy ice cream we tried, and it just blew us away! It was so much better than I expected a first try to be. Just be warned: you may not be able to stop eating this once you've made it, the recipe makes something like a quart, and we finished it off in about 24 hours.

3 c soy milk
2 bananas
4-6 T oil
6-8 T liquid sweetener
1 T vanilla extract
2 T cornstarch
Pinch of salt

Blend everything until smooth.
Heat on low-heat, stirring constantly, until just about to boil (the first bubbles should just be starting to burst).
Let cool until at room temperature (I put the whole pot in the refrigerator).
Freeze according to the directions for your ice cream maker.

1 comment:

branden said...

Liquid sweetener == honey, agave nectar, or probably corn syrup or sugar or whatever.

Our ice cream maker is a simple, inexpensive ice-free, salt-free, non-electric type, like
this.

I recommend this model, but you can make ice cream without special tools, if you're creative.