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What I made during the Olympics, final (and best) installment!

I’ve been on a homemade ice cream kick lately. Ever since I found that it doesn’t have a negative effect on my blood sugar, I have craved it as my final, bedtime snack.

Feeling slightly guilty, I mentioned this indulgence to my friend and mentor-in-all-things-nourishing, Claire. She banished the last shreds of guilt by encouraging me that a good serving of raw dairy and eggs was just what I needed to build up the nutrients I need during pregnancy, especially as I had gone straight from nursing my baby Claire to carrying another, without a break in between.

My recipe is made with raw cream I skim off the top of my weekly 3 gallons of milk (Vitamin D), plus raw egg yolks (Vitamin A), and sweetened naturally with sucanat. It seems to provide the perfect balance of protein and good fat to make a satisfying – and totally cravable – snack.

But I don’t stop there – I mix and swirl all my favorite toppings to create a truly gourmet and delectable dessert. Here’s my favorite combination so far…

Chocolate Peanut-Butter Swirl Ice Cream
4 c. raw heavy cream
3/4 c. sucanat
2 tsp. vanilla
3-5 egg yolks
1/8 tsp. salt
1 recipe peanut butter sauce (below)
3/4 c. homemade chocolate chips
Combine first 5 ingredients (I use my VitaMix) and mix well. Pour into Ice Cream Maker (I love this one that I found at the thrift store!) and let it do it’s thing. โ˜บ When the Ice Cream is done, Pour it into the container you will freeze it in. Dollop the peanut butter sauce all over the top, and throw on the chocholate chips, then stir just till the peanut butter is swirled nicely and the chips are combined. Cure it (freeze until it’s hard) and then enjoy!!! You could, of course, eat it right away, but I find it improved when the peanut butter sauce had a chance to harden.

I recommend using homemade chocolate chips because they do not get rock solid when frozen like store bought chips – in fact, they are just the perfect chewiness to use in homemade ice cream! Remember, I pour my chocolate chips onto a tray to harden in one big sheet, and break it up after I freeze them hard, so they even have the authentic shape of ‘chocolate chunks’ like you get in store bought ice cream.

Peanut Butter Sauce
(make this before you put the ice cream together, so it has plenty of time to cool before you swirl it in the ice cream)
3/4 c. peanut butter (I use Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter– unsweetened)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 c. sucanat
 Stir together in a small sauce pot and heat gently until sucanat dissolves and mixture is smooth. Pour into another bowl and refrigerate until ready to swirl into ice cream.

Variation on a theme:

Last night I made a batch of ice cream after dinner and I was so tired, I skipped making the peanut butter sauce and just mixed 1 c. peanut butter into the ice cream before I froze it. Oh, and 1/4 c. cocoa powder. With the chocolate chips it was a most delicious Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Delight. You gotta try it.

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  1. Natasha says

    March 29, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    I need to make this. Like now. Only my ice cream maker is broken. *sigh*

    Reply
    • Trina says

      March 30, 2012 at 7:25 pm

      tragic. truly tragic. I pray you find one for 25 cents at the thrift store (like I did!) ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • Trina says

        March 30, 2012 at 7:25 pm

        or, come visit, I promise to make you a batch. ๐Ÿ˜€

        Reply
  2. mira says

    March 18, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    wow. serious saliva happening here. now to find some raw milk.

    Reply
  3. DelightinginHim says

    March 17, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Ohlala, that looks yummy! I've made ice cream before with our goats milk and a variety of flavors, but it never looked that good! I could go for some of the chocolate chunks too!

    Reply
  4. Traci says

    March 17, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Do you know that I don't even own an ice cream machine? It seems that everyone else does but me, although I've figured out that if I did own one I'd probably eat more ice cream, lol.

    Reply
  5. rahraht says

    March 17, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    Ooooo..this would be so yummy with almond butter – my peanut alternative :)!

    Reply

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