Working nights leaves me less time to cook creatively, but sometimes you still just have to incorporate summer goodness into your menu! We visited a farmer's market where there was some delicious-looking fresh home made peach ice cream - for $2 per tiny cup. Uh, yeah... so this was my healthier, cheaper version. Of course the boys loved it and so did I! I like it better than almost any dairy peach ice cream I've had!
Peachy Summer Ice Cream
¾ cups Better than milk powder
½ cup cashews, raw
⅓ cup sugar
½ vanilla Bean
1 ½ water
4 ripe peaches
1. In a blender, blend all but 2 of the peaches until mixture is extremely smooth. This could take 3-4 minutes or longer, depending on the power of your blender.
2. Chop the remaining peaches and blend in briefly, making sure to "leave chunks."
3. Prepare in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer recommendations.
Better than Milk powder is a delicious (but expensive) product. It really makes this dessert! You could use any powdered milk product (short of baby formula - yuck!), whether it be soy or something else you can find. I'm sure regular powdered milk would work as well.
You could use 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract in place of the vanilla bean, but make sure you use an alcohol-free type, as it can interfere with proper freezing.
If you re-freeze immediately, this does a "hard-scoop" quite well. If it sets out and is allowed to melt, it crystalizes more harshly than dairy ice cream.
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