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Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream


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The month of July is not only National Ice Cream Month, it is also the peak of peach season! In honor of the two, I’m using up some Babcock peaches in this lighter ice cream version.


Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream - TeenieCakes.com

Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream

There is no type or kind of dessert my Hubbs loves more than ice cream. His favorite? Chocolate chip with the shaved bits of chips…he’s a happy man when there’s ice cream in the house! Since we have a bountiful harvest of garden peaches, peach ice cream must be made.

Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream - TeenieCakes.com

Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream

I’ve lightened up this recipe using low-fat milk, cut down on the sugar (but then added a tablespoon or two of honey!) and roughly chopped up peeled peaches. I wanted chunks of frozen peaches in the ice cream, but the pieces turned out smaller than I wanted after it went through the freezing process in my ice cream machine. When I make this again, I’ll add an additional peach and chop up the peaches a littler larger.

If you don’t want chunks of peaches in your ice cream, whip ’em up to a desired consistency using your food processor or blender.

Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream - TeenieCakes.com

Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream

This is a light, tasty peach ice cream that has a pretty “peachy” color to it. While peaches are at their sweetest right now, whip up a batch or two!

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Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream recipe

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Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream
8, ½ cup servings
Ingredients
  • 3 cups roughly chopped, peeled peaches (about 1.5 pounds)
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons honey
  • ½ cup low-fat (2%) milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
  1. Combine peaches and remaining five ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Pour peach mixture into the freezer canister of an ice-cream/gelato machine and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
  3. Transfer ice cream into a freezer-safe container, cover and allow to freeze at least an additional 2-3 hours to overnight.
    © Images & content: Cristina A-Moore for TeenieCakes.com.
Teenie Notes
  • I’ve used juicy, sweet Babcock peaches in this recipe.
  • If you would prefer not to have chunks of peaches in your ice cream, run it through a food processor or blender to roughly break down.
  • I’ve cut the sugar down on this recipe, but added the 1-2 tablespoons of honey.


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  13. allie @ Through Her Looking Glass says

    Cristina- this looks so delicious ! I didn’t even know that this is national ice cream month! Even so we have been churning out ice cream at an alarming speed at our house. Yours is such a beautiful color and I love peaches! We will definitely try this recipe!

  14. Catherine says

    What an elegant and refreshing treat…this is right up my alley. I love the combination of honey and peaches. xo, Catherine

  16. Dana @ Foodie Goes Healthy says

    Peaches are my favorite fruit, and now I can’t wait to make my own homemade peach ice cream. I love that you’ve lightened up this recipe. Just my style. I’ll have to hide some of this in the back of my freezer so that I can enjoy peaches after the season is over.

  17. ray says

    I definitely like mine with chunks of peaches. What a beautiful and elegant looking scoops you got there. I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July, Tina. 🙂

  22. Sara says

    This looks amazing, my mom was just telling me today that she was going to pick up a bunch of peaches at the store because they were super cheap. Now I know what to make with them 🙂

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