Spiced Apple Ice Cream
Spiced Apple Ice Cream Recipe – This homemade ice cream recipe is delicious with intense apple flavor from apple butter. It is the perfect accompaniment to cookies and cakes.
A Love for Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
When you walk down the ice cream aisle at your grocery store, there are cases and cases of ice cream tubs, but not that many flavor options. Once you get past the standard chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, butter pecan, cookies and cream, and candy bar swirl varieties, what do you really have?
You certainly won’t find chocolate lavender ice cream or whiskey walnut…. Specialty ice cream flavors are something you’ll most likely have to make at home.
Learning how to make homemade ice cream is much easier than you might think. There’s quite a bit of waiting around involved, but other than that, it’s simply whisk-simmer-churn.
Easy Apple Dessert
This Spiced Apple Ice Cream is something I came up with to serve with my most recent cookie recipe, Cinnamon-Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies. I thought, what better to go along with cinnamon and oats than intense spiced apple flavor!
I adjusted my favorite vanilla ice cream recipe to include Musselman’s Apple Butter. The richness and spice from Musselman’s Apple Butter was just the punch needed to turn this Spiced Apple Ice Cream into something spectacular.
It’s creamy, loaded with spice, and that distinct apple butter flavor that reminds us of childhood. I am in love with this Spiced Apple Ice Cream, and hope you will be too!
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream
Recipe’s Ingredients
- Half & Half
- Egg Yolks
- Musselman’s Apple Butter
- Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
What else you need to know
- Set a medium saucepot on the stovetop. Pour in the half and half, egg yolks, apple butter, vanilla, and salt. Make sure that it is all combined by whisking it together.
- As the ingredients start to warm up, keep whisking until it thickens. Then bring the temperature down.
- Cover the pot with the lid and put it in the fridge overnight, or for at least 4 hours. (If you are in a hurry, place in the freezer for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes.
- Then pour it into the ice cream machine making sure that there are no clumps.
- Churn for about 20 minutes or until the cream is thick. Then scoop it into a container to put in the freezer to harden.
Get The Full (Printable) Recipe Below For How To Make Spiced Apple Ice Cream.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I add apple slices to this?
Yes of course! After you church the ice cream, you can add in your apple slices. You could even make spiced apples and mix that into the churned ice cream.
Should I invest in an ice cream maker?
KitchenAid makes an awesome ice cream maker attachment that fits with a stand mixer. I have a Cuisinart ice cream maker and it’s been a great little machine.
Other Desserts To Try:
- Spiced Apples Recipe
- Apple Spice Coffee Cake Recipe
- Apple Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting Recipe
- Dutch Apple Pie Recipe
- Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
- Cheesecake Brownie Ice Cream ~ Journey Kitchen
Spiced Apple Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 4 cups half & half
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup Musselman's Apple Butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 pinches salt
Instructions
- Place a sauce pot over medium heat. Add the half & half, egg yolks, Musselman's Apple Butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. Whisk well.
- Continue to whisk as the mixture warms and thickens. Bring to a low boil and remove from heat.
- Place the lid on the pot and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. *If you're in a hurry, place in the freezer for 1 hour, but stir every twenty minutes. Don't forget about it!
- Turn on the ice cream machine. Place a sieve over the top to remove any egg clumps, and pour the ice cream mixture into the frozen ice cream bowl.
- Churn for 20+ minutes until thick like soft serve ice cream. Then scoop the Spice Apple Ice Cream into an airtight container and freeze to harden.
Ok, I’m drooling! I don’t care how cold it is outside, I want ice cream! :)
This ice cream sounds wonderful, Sommer!
oh boy, I want an ice cream sandwich with that ice cream and those cookies!!
Girl, this flavor combination is blowing my mind. You ROCK!
I want a scoop right now!
Cookies, Ice Cream, Oh my! I really need to jump on the homemade ice cream bandwagon! This apple flavor looks delish!
Whoa! Cookies, Ice Cream, Oh my! I definitely need to jump on the homemade ice cream bandwagon. This apple flavor looks delish!
Cookies & Ice Cream ~ spiced apple??!! Girl you spoil us :)
Amazing, Sommer! I need to try this!
I love trying new and different flavors of homemade ice cream and this is a winner for sure!
YES PLEASE
I would love to eat some of this with your cookies from Friday. Looks amazing, Sommer!
Homemade ice cream is always fun and this one is a winner! The cookie ice cream sandwich would be a great way to enjoy it!
Apple butter in ice cream? Brilliance!
SO great that you added apple butter to the ice cream! I would have never thought to do that :)
Such a great idea to use apple butter! I bet it’s so intensely spicy and apple-y.
My local grocery store actually does have some more unique flavors of ice cream – a shelf with a few pints of Jeni’s. I keep wanting to grab one, but they’re $11!
Yeah, you could make a more than a gallon of homemade ice cream for $11!
Sommer, LOVE that you were creative and used Musselman’s Apple Butter in the development of your ice cream recipe. So easy. And, so delish with your Chewy Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies. NOM!
Ooo – what a magical and different treat!