Nothing says summer like homemade perfectly peachy ice cream, made with a few simple ingredients like fresh peaches, cream, sugar and spices! You will LOVE it!
Made with only a few simple ingredients, this Perfectly Peachy Ice Cream is a scrumptious frozen treat to enjoy during those HOT summer days, or to make any other time of year!
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Fresh Ripe Peaches Are the Best!
Each summer I love to pick fresh peaches at a local U-Pick farm (usually in late July/early August). This year my husband asked if we could have fresh peach ice cream as dessert for July 4th, but the local peaches here in Oregon weren’t fully ripe enough to pick.
He ended up going to Costco and bought a small flat of gorgeous peaches and brought them home, just so we could have this homemade ice cream for Independence Day!
The peaches he bought at the store were absolutely delicious! Still, there’s just something about picking those peaches right off the tree that screams “summer” to me.
Here are some of the peaches I’ve been able to pick in the past at my local U-Pick peach farm! Aren’t they gorgeous?
I don’t know about you… but we LOVE peach ice cream! I have a recipe already on my blog from several years ago for homemade peach ice cream. It uses canned peach nectar and sour cream in it and tastes wonderful.
This year I wanted to try a somewhat simpler peach ice cream recipe using only the basics: peaches, cream, sugar and spices!
This delicious ice cream is the result! Boy… is it GOOD! Here’s how to make this wonderful homemade ice cream:
Prepare The Peaches
Peel and thinly slice your fresh peaches. These were SO juicy! The juice was running down my hands while I sliced them…yum!
Place sliced peaches into a large mixing bowl. Add granulated sugar, juice of one lemon, vanilla and almond extracts and a bit of cinnamon.
Stir to combine, then let the fruit mixture sit for about 15-20 minutes. This resting time will allow the peaches to release some of that juicy goodness AND let the sugar fully dissolve.
Once this mixture is done “resting”, mash the peaches into much small pieces. Use a potato masher if you have one, because that works really well.
Once all the peaches are mashed, remove 2 cups of crushed peaches from the bowl and place them in a blender. Put the lid on and puree the peaches until you have a smooth fruit mixture.
Pour the remaining crushed peaches (the ones left in the mixing bowl) into a container, cover, and keep them refrigerated until the ice cream is finished freezing.
Add The Whipping Cream
Add heavy whipping cream to the peach puree in the blender. Give it a couple pulses to combine peach puree and whipping cream.
Cover the blender (or pour the ice cream mixture into a container with a lid) and refrigerate this peach puree/cream mixture until very cold.
You can also pour the fruit/cream mixture into large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate (but it’s one more bowl to clean).
Freeze The Perfectly Peachy Ice Cream
After the peach/cream mixture is really cold, pour it into the cannister of your ice cream maker, and freeze the perfectly peachy ice cream according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
I use a Cuisinart machine, and the ice cream reaches a thick and soft serve consistency in about 20 minutes or so.
Let Ice Cream “Ripen” In Freezer, Then ENJOY!
Transfer the ice cream to a bowl with a lid as soon as it is done churning in the freezer. Immediately add all of the reserved, mashed and chilled peaches and stir gently until combined.
Place a lid on the container and put the perfectly peachy ice cream in the freezer to let it “ripen and firm up” for a few hours!
Once the ice cream has firmed up, it is ready to serve and enjoy the amazing peach flavor! The recipe (as written below) will make approximately 1½ quarts of ice cream.
This means you should end up with about 12 (half-cup) servings of this delicious frozen “perfectly peachy ice cream”! ENJOY!
And that is how easy it is to make this delicious, perfectly peachy ice cream! It tastes so good and we love this easy to prepare, simple recipe! I hope you will consider making it for those you love.
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Looking for More HOMEMADE ICE CREAM Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have a lot of amazing ice cream recipes to choose from, including:
- Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
- Candied Bacon Ice Cream
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- Cookies n’ Cream Ice Cream
- Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream
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Recipe Source: https://www.makeandtakes.com/fresh-peach-ice-cream
- 6 fresh peaches , peeled and sliced thin
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large lemon (juice of)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (no substitutions!)
Peel and thinly slice fresh peaches. Place sliced peaches into a large mixing bowl. Add granulated sugar, juice of one lemon, vanilla and almond extracts and cinnamon. Stir to combine, then let fruit sit for 15-20 minutes. This resting time will allow the peaches to release some of their juicy goodness, AND let the sugar fully dissolve. Once done "resting", smash the peaches into small pieces using a potato masher.
Once peaches are mashed, remove 2 cups of crushed peaches. Place them in a blender. Puree these two cups of peaches until you have a smooth fruit mixture.
- Pour the remaining crushed peaches (the ones left in the mixing bowl) into a container, cover, and keep refrigerated until ice cream is finished freezing.
Add whipping cream to the 2 cups of peach puree in blender. Give it a few pulses to combine peach puree and whipping cream. Cover blender (or pour into a container with a lid) and refrigerate this peach puree/cream mixture until very cold. After peach/cream mixture is really cold, pour it into cannister of ice cream machine, and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Transfer ice cream to a large bowl/container as soon as it is done churning in the freezer. Immediately add reserved mashed/chilled peaches; stir to combine. Place lid on container and place in freezer to "firm up" for a few hours! When firmed up, serve, and enjoy!
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Hi, David… thanks for writing, and hope you enjoy the ice cream… it’s yummy!