DATE SWEETENED ICE CREAM| Sugar Free Dairy Free Ice Cream Recipe

This homemade date sweetened ice cream is as creamy and delicious as unhealthy, sugar laden, store bought ice cream. Step into the farmhouse to see how we make it.
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I had to tinker around with the idea of ice cream sweetened only with dates before it became the creamy, delicious, seriously as good as ice cream with sugar, recipe that it is today.
The first time I tried it I threw dates straight out of the pantry into the blender with the other ingredients. It's not hard to imagine what happened there. We had mildly sweet ice cream with bits and pieces of dates throughout.
I discovered that I had best results when I soaked the dates in a portion of the coconut milk, from the recipe, overnight.
I have more recently found mushier dates on Amazon that can be thrown straight into the blender without pre-soaking. My local Aldi also has a brand that are pretty consistently mushy. The ones I get from Kroger definitely have to be presoaked. If you open the package and the dates don't readily squish between your fingers, you will have to allow them to first soak up some coconut milk.
This ice cream is so surprisingly delicious. If you are looking for a dessert that you can feel good about giving your kids, this one is it. Dairy free, sugar free, all natural...all the stuff you could want, and still tastes amazing!
Date Sweetened Ice Cream Basic Recipe
2 cans coconut milk
8 ounce package pitted dates
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
3 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
The Variations
The wonderful thing about the basic recipe is you can adjust to make so many different flavors. Chocolate peanut butter, pumpkin spice, vanilla, chocolate...I imagine you could even get crazy and do something like a key lime pie or butter pecan. Oooh my wheels are turning now.
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The process
If the dates are really dry, soak them in the coconut milk, in the refrigerator, overnight. If they are mushy, move straight on to the next step.
Put all the ingredients into your blender. Blend on high until the mixture is creamy, and no chunks of dates, remain.
Put everything into your ice cream maker and give it about 30 minutes to harden up.
If you don't have an ice cream maker, you can put the mixture in a 9 by 13 pan, and allow it to harden for about eight hours.
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