Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream
This recipe is from The Vegan Scoop by Wheeler del Torro (see my comparison post of the latest Vegan Ice Cream Cookbooks for more details). With 150 recipes for vegan ice cream, Wheeler kicks the pants off Baskin & Robbins. His flavors range from the basic to the exotic. This recipe falls somewhere in between, merging your typical cool and creamy dessert with good old-fashioned childhood comfort food.
This particular recipe uses soy creamer. Seek out brands such as Silk, Wildwood, and Trader Joe’s. Though I haven’t trialed it (and it is not written in the book), you may be able to substitute a nut cream, such as MimicCreme, or a light coconut milk should you want a soy-free, vegan ice cream …
Recipe from The Vegan Scoop, by Wheeler del Torro
This flavor tastes just like the sandwich. It’s sure to be a real hit with kids and those who are young at heart!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (235 ml) soymilk
- 2 cups (470 ml) soy creamer
- 3/4 cup (195 g) peanut butter
- 3/4 cup (113 g) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (240 g) jam, jelly, or preserves of preference
Instructions
- Mix soymilk, soy creamer, peanut butter, and brown sugar in a saucepan and cook over low heat. Once mixture begins to boil, remove from heat. Add vanilla extract.
- Refrigerate mixture unless chilled, approximately 2 to 3 hours. Freeze according to your ice cream maker’s instructions. In the last few minutes of churning, add jam.
Tagged egg--free, gluten free, grain-free, summer, vegan, vegetarian
