Dairy Free Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
When it comes to ice cream, they say men prefer vanilla and women prefer chocolate. That is definitely true in our household. Hubby would always choose vanilla over chocolate and I would always pick chocolate. That’s why the first ice cream that I made with my new ice cream maker was chocolate.
But soon enough, I decided to make some vanilla ice cream. I threw in more vanilla than the recipe called for because I wanted it to be really vanilla-ey and have the signature speckles that can only come from using fresh vanilla beans.
For this ice cream, I used coconut milk again, but I used half low fat and half full fat. I knew that the low fat coconut milk might affect the texture of the ice cream. Since it has more water in it, it can produce a more icy texture since the water crystals turn to ice.
While the texture was a bit icy, the ice cream was Hubby approved as delicious dairy free vanilla bean ice cream. I enjoyed it with sprinkles on top because I love sprinkles.
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Vanilla Dairy Free Ice Cream
Ingredients:
2 cans coconut milk (I used one can of light and one can of regular)
3/4 cup sugar
2 vanilla beans
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
Directions:
In a medium saucepan, combine coconut milk and sugar.
Make a slit in the vanilla beans along the length of the bean. Scrape seeds out of pod into milk mixture. Add pods to pan.
Warm the milk mixture over medium heat until the sugar has completely melted. Do not boil milk.
Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla extract.
Pour mixture into a bowl and allow to cool in the fridge, at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
Process the ice cream in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Place ice cream in a freezer safe continue and freeze for 4 hours before serving.
Recipe by Beantown Baker
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Beautiful photos. We loved it too.
This is such a great dish and so colorful too!
Looks beautiful! I agree it comes together pretty fast.
Glad you loved it!
~The Cat’s Pajamas
Your salad looks great! Glad to see a fellow Boston girl (well, we left the city 2 years ago but still work here) on the Bloggers!
Looks great!
Wow your salad looks so good. I think I am going to try making this again after a trip to the market this weekend.
Great picture! I’ve been thinking that this would be great for Shakespear in the Park. Cool and refreshing!
I love Panzanella, but haven’t had Ina’s version yet (Tyler’s is delish!) – perfect recipe for summertime.
Good tip on the croutons – this one looks like a total winner.