Friday, August 10, 2007

We All Scream For Ice Cream!

My father gave me a wonderful birthday present this year. This ice cream maker. I happen to love ice cream and it's been really fun finding recipes and coming up with ideas. And of course my kids (and yes I'm including my husband in that) love it too. We have made ice cream sandwiches, mocha sorbet, and lemon sherbet to name a few. Tonight I made up a recipe which I thought I'd share with you. I was inspired by my husband's favorite ice cream, Ben and Jerry's Funky Munky. Banana Walnut Ice Cream with hot fudge sauce. YUM!

Jill’s Banana Walnut Ice Cream
2 cups whole milk
2 cups cream
4 bananas
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
Put 2 cups milk in blender with bananas and sugar and puree. Add cream to mixture then place in ice cream maker and follow maker’s directions. During last five minutes add walnuts.

Makes 2 quarts
You might notice that this recipe is for 2 quarts but my ice cream maker is only 1.5 quart. Yeah, I gave the mixture that wouldn't fit to the kids as milkshakes. They didn't complain. So check the size of your maker and halve the recipe if needed.