Wednesday Words & Peach Ice Cream!

Isn't THAT the truth!!!

But....it is my fault I guess...I can't help myself from cooking ~ lol!

Did you know that today is

 Peach Ice Cream Day....

and

that means a messy kitchen!

But...it's 

ICE CREAM

and it's

HOT out

so, bring on the 

mess!!

Here's one of our favorite summertime recipes:

Peach Ice Cream 

from Southern Living for you to try....

What you'll need:

4 cups peeled, diced fresh peaches

 {about 8 small, ripe peaches should do!}

1 cup sugar

1 - 12oz can sweetened condensed milk

4 cups half & half

Combine peaches and sugar and let sit 1 hour...mmmm!!

{Try to keep kids fingers out of this ~ lol!!}

Put the peach mixture into a food processor until smooth

Stir together evaporated milk and pudding in a large bowl

Stir in the peach puree, condensed milk and half & half.

Pour mixture into freezer container of a 4 quart electric freezer 

according to manufacturer's instructions. 

 Spoon into an airtight container, and freeze until firm.

Enjoy!!

You Scream, I Scream We All Scream for ICE CREAM!

Great for the Forth of July...or any day!  This is guaranteed to be the richest and creamiest ice cream you have ever had! Freezes well, too. Pair it up with your favorite All-American pie & enjoy! 

Homemade Ice Cream

4 cups milk

2-3/4 cups sugar

3/4 tsp. salt
2 small packages French vanilla instant pudding
4 cups half & half
2T. vanilla
4 cups whipping cream

Scald milk until bubbles form around edge. Remove from heat. Add sugar, pudding and salt. Stir until dissolved. Stir in half & half, vanilla and whipping cream. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Freeze. Makes 6 quarts.

***After refrigerating 30 minutes, you can freeze your ice cream in an ice cream freezer (we use a 1-1/2 gallon electric) - crank or electric, until the ice cream stiffens around 20-30 minutes.  (thanks Jane!!)