Peanut Butter Ice Cream

If you're a peanut butter fanatic like me, then this Peanut Butter Ice Cream is going to be your new favorite. It's smooth and creamy and intensely flavored. I can't get enough.

It's not really that much of an exaggeration to say that peanut butter has probably saved my life. If you think I'm a picky eater now, you should have tried to feed me as a child. There were very few things I would eat, but I'd always go for a peanut butter sandwich. I mean, I wouldn't eat the crust, but at least it was something.

I'm sure I was a nightmare to travel with. I can remember spending two weeks in Hawaii with my grandmother when I was maybe 10 years old. She always kept peanut butter and a loaf of bread in the hotel room because she knew that if I wouldn't eat whatever was on offer, she could always feed me peanut butter, and at least I wouldn't die. To this day, I eat peanut butter several times a week. It's an absolute fixture in my kitchen.

What makes Peanut Butter Ice Cream so awesome?

I also love to eat ice cream year 'round, and up until I made this recipe, I would have said that Ben & Jerry's peanut butter cup ice cream was my favorite. I'm gonna go on record as saying that this homemade peanut butter ice cream is even better. It's all peanut butter all the time, and I freakin' love it.

There's peanut butter mixed right into the ice cream base, plus a swirl of pure, unadulterated peanut butter running throughout. I was worried that ice cream would be a bit grainy, but ti came out perfectly smooth and creamy. I was so sad when this was gone. Part of me wanted to stick my head right in the container and lick out every last drop.

This peanut butter ice cream is absolutely wonderful all on its own, but it would also be great with hot fudge or even raspberry sauce for a bit of PB&J action.

Magical Properties of Peanut Butter

Because peanuts grow underground, they obviously have an earthy, grounding quality. And because peanut butter itself is quite sticky, you can use it on spells to keep things stuck together. This abundant little legume can also be used for wealth and prosperity spells, as well as creating new opportunities. Personally, I would also use it to connect to my inner child. Try carving a sigil into the peanut butter you spread on your toast to heighten the energy of your breakfast.

To learn more about the magical properties of the ingredients in this recipe, check the Kitchen Magick page.

Ingredients

Here's everything you'll need to make this dish. The full details are in the recipe card below.

• Cream - double or heavy cream
• Milk - be sure to use whole milk to avoid icy ice cream
• Eggs
• Sugar
• Peanut butter - I use the sugar American stuff, like Skippy or Jif. You could certainly try this with a more natural peanut butter. Definitely use smooth peanut butter for the ice cream base, but if you want to use chunky for the swirl, go for it. The point is, use your favorite.

Tips for making Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Making homemade ice cream is simple but time consuming. Oh, and it's fairly messy as well. But the result is well worth the effort as it usually exceeds even the best quality store bought stuff.

This recipe starts with my homemade vanilla ice cream base. You'll start by heating milk, cream, and peanut butter in a sauce pan until it gets steamy and you see the first hint of bubbles.

In another bowl, you'll whisk together your eggs and sugar until they're light and pale. Then slowly whisk in some of the hot cream mixture, drizzling in a quarter cup at a time. This slowly raises the temperature of the eggs so that they don't scramble. Once you've got about half the cream mixed in, it's safe to add the whole thing back to the pot, and heat it up, stirring frequently, until it begins to thicken.

I like to strain this mixture to catch any clumps of cream or cooked egg bits, then let the whole thing cool to room temp then chill in the fridge until it's cold all the way through. Then you'll churn it in your ice cream machine.

While your ice cream is churning, heat up some peanut butter in the microwave to get it to a pourable consistency, then give it a few minutes to cool back down some. As you're transfering your ice cream to it's freezable container, drizzle some of this melted peanut butter into the mix. Use a chopstick or skewer to swirl the melted peanut butter throughout, then stash the whole thing in the fridge to freeze thoroughly.

Scoop it up in a bowl, on a cone, or as part of an awesome sundae.

If you can't live without peanut butter, then don't go another day without trying this Peanut Butter Ice Cream. It's absolutely awesome.

Looking for more awesome ice cream recipes? Try some Chocolate Chip Ice Cream or some candy-filled Milky Way Ice Cream.

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Recipe inspired by Brown Eyed Baker.