Best Banana Bread Ice Cream
Banana bread meets ice cream in this healthy ice cream recipe! Banana ice cream gets a simple upgrade to evoke the cozy flavor of homemade banana bread using simple ingredients. Sweetened with honey and with GAPS adaptations included, this is an easy ice cream recipe.
Equipment
- ice cream maker
- hand mixer or blender
Ingredients
- 1-2 ripe bananas
- 2 T grass fed butter (or ghee or coconut oil)
- 2 C milk (or milk kefir)
- 1 C cream (or cultured cream)
- 1/4 C raw honey
- 1 T ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 T vanilla extract
- dash salt
- 6-12 raw egg yolks from pastured eggs, optional
- 1/2 C chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Slice in bananas and cook gently until the bananas break up and become mushy and fragrant. Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt for a minute. Remove bananas from heat and cool to room temperature.
- In a bowl or pitcher, blend bananas with cream or cultured cream until very smooth. (You can use either a mixer or a blender for this.)
- Add honey, milk or kefir, vanilla, and egg yolks if using. Blend until smooth.
- Process in ice cream maker as the manufacturer directs.
- Stir in walnuts (if using) and freeze ice cream in a covered container until ready to serve.
- If you don't serve the ice cream within the first couple of hours, you may need to soften it at room temperature before scooping. (If you used the egg yolks, it will be softer.)