by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Homemade Peach Ice Cream is a sweet, creamy taste of summer. This gluten-free ice cream recipe is simple and doesn’t require making a custard first. Simple, peachy, delicious!  

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Many Ice Cream Recipes Are Too Complicated

RancherMan’s a huge ice cream fan. He would eat it every day if he could. So I decided to make his favorite cold sweet treat for him. 

But if you’re a regular reader you know – I don’t enjoy cooking! Simple & fast in the kitchen is the way I rock.

Most of the recipes that I found required you to make (and cool) a custard base before continuing on with the ice-cream-making procedures. Too many steps for me – no thanks!

Easier Homemade Ice Cream Recipe 

I use a recipe where you just chunk everything in & go. This recipe found at My Fearless Kitchen didn’t require all those steps of first making a custard base.

Easy, Fast AND Delicious?
YES PLEASE!

Soft-serve texture is achieved right out of the ice cream machine, a little firmer texture with an hour or so stint in the freezer. And even firmer with more freezer time. 

Simple, Wholesome Homemade Ice Cream Ingredients

You’ve gotta love a recipe that has only simple wholesome ingredients. This peach ice cream recipe includes only: 

• • • Fresh peaches

    • Sugar

    • Cream

    • Milk

    • Vanilla extract  

I’m a big fan of simplicity, aren’t you??

Faster, Less Hands-On Homemade Ice Cream Option 

When I was a kid we’d take turns sitting on the hot porch turning that crank, waiting for what felt was way too long to finally enjoy that homemade ice cream!

Instead of those old-style ice cream makers of my past, I now have a *Cuisinart 2-Qt Ice Cream Maker. I’m not gonna lie, this surely makes homemade ice cream easy.

The abbreviated instructions for quick homemade ice cream:

Peel, chop and/or mash fruit.

Add sugar, salt & milk, stir.

Add cream & stir.

Pour into frozen Ice Cream Maker Insert,

Push button and walk away for about 15 minutes.

Yep, that’s right. Simple, fast and easy in the kitchen is my wheelhouse, y’all.

How To Prepare Fruit For Ice Cream

The peaches are peeled and I use my *Ninja Chopper to chop them pretty finely. 

I reserved a couple of slices of fruit to chop coarsely so I could have small bits of peaches in my ice cream. But for the most part I wanted almost a puree. But chunky or smooth, it’s totally your choice!

Homemade Ice Cream Using An Ice Cream Maker

I use a *Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, the inner bowl was placed in the freezer a couple of days ago. So it’s all ready to go.

The beauty of this ice cream maker is that since the bowl is already frozen, homemade ice cream is only 15-20 easy hands-off minutes away!

Using A Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker

I bring the frozen Cuisinart insert from the freezer and place it into the machine. I added the stirring attachment and lid. 

Before adding the ice cream mixture I turn on the machine and the insert begins to turn. Then the ice cream mixture was poured through the hole in the lid as the insert was turning.

As it turns, the stirring attachment scrapes the colder mixture from the sides of the bowl and blends it back into the less-frozen mixture in the middle. In about 15-20 minutes we had soft serve!

Soft Serve Or Firm Ice Cream?

If desired you can transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container and place it in the freezer for an hour or two to allow it to freeze a little more solidly.

But more than a couple of hours in the freezer & your ice cream may freeze a little too solidly to scoop easily, so you’ll want to bring it out of the freezer and set it on the counter for a few minutes for easier scooping.

Personally we love the texture of the soft-serve homemade ice cream. It’s thick enough to scoop easily & hold its form. The ice cream was delicious – and homemade! So, so easy.

Heck it’s so easy that I can start the ice cream maker when we sit down for supper and it will be ready for me to serve this homemade ice cream dessert by the time we’re through eating! How’s that for in-your-face easy?

Different Homemade Ice Cream Fruit Options

You can also make this ice cream using different fresh fruits. As long as you have 2 cups worth, you’re golden.

Strawberry flavor – a delicious way to use up those fresh strawberries of spring. And I’ve made this ice cream with nectarines too when they needed to be used before becoming too ripe. All good.

Blueberry – they’re my favorite berry.

Packaged Fruit – Some people use frozen packaged (and thawed) fruit instead of fresh. 

Other Summertime Frozen Treats

If you’re looking for other frozen treats here are some ideas:

Healthier ‘Nice Cream’ Using Bananas & Fruit

Frozen Applesauce Popsicles For The Kids

Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Cake

Mint Chocolate Chip ‘Nice Cream’ w/Instant Pudding

Watermelon Daiquiri or Smoothie

But here’s the recipe I use for my homemade Peach Ice Cream. It was delicious, sweet and creamy. A wonderful cold dessert on a hot Texas summer day. Feel free to substitute another fruit for the peaches if you wish.

Did you make this ice cream? Please rate the recipe in your comment below!

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Homemade Peach Ice Cream

This Homemade Peach Ice Cream recipe doesn't require the extra step of making a custard. You can prepare the mixture in 10 minutes and your ice cream mixture is ready to make into that delicious homemade ice cream you crave. Simple, fast, easy. #TexasHomesteader

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword fresh fruit, homemade ice cream, ice cream, peaches

Prep Time 10 minutes

Processing Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 4 people

Author www.TexasHomesteader.com

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

• 3 medium peaches pitted and peeled (approx 2 cups)
• 1¼ cups whole milk
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch salt
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Peel, remove the pits and chop up 3 fresh peaches. Smaller pieces are easier to eat when frozen than larger pieces. (f needed place peach chunks into a food chopper & pulse until the desired consistency is reached.) Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl or using KitchenAid, whisk 1¼ cup whole milk, ⅔ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract & apinch of salt, until the sugar is dissolved.

3. Add the 1 cup heavy cream and whisk again.

4. Carefully add the chopped fruit to the milk mixture and stir to blend completely.

5. Set up your ice cream maker and add the ice cream mix according to the manufacturer's directions.

   (For my Cuisinart counter top model, I add frozen ice cream insert and stirring attachment and lid. I turn on the ice cream maker to begin it turning, then pour my ice cream mix through the hole in the lid.)

6. Allow mixture to churn until the ice cream freezes and thickens to the desired consistency

   (for my Cuisinart it's about 15-20 minutes).

7. Enjoy immediately. Transfer remainder of your homemade ice cream to a freezer-safe container and store in the freezer.

Recipe Notes

NOTE: This results in a soft-serve consistency ice cream. But if you desire a more firm consistency the ice cream will freeze harder with 1-2 hours in the freezer.

Overnight freezing may make ice cream freeze even harder. In that case it's sometimes helpful to bring it from the freezer and set on the counter for a few minutes for easiest scooping.

~TxH~

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