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Butter pecan ice cream

Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipe

A must-try ice cream recipe that combines creamy dairy with pecans that have been roasted in butter.
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Course: Dessert
Keyword: butter pecan, ice cream
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Freeze time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup pecans
  • 2 Tbsp melted butter
  • 1 cup full cream milk
  • 1 cup thickened cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 180°C. Place pecans onto an oven tray (lined with baking paper) and cover with butter.
  • Bake pecans until a shade darker then remove from oven, blitz in a processor, then place in the fridge to cool for at least 30 minutes.
  • Add the milk, cream, vanilla and sugar to a bowl and whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved.
  • Add ice cream base to your ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions to churn. Once the ice cream is almost finished churning add pecans.
  • Pour into an airtight container once churning is complete and freeze for at least 3 hours to harden.