One of our favorite places to be is in the kitchen. We love to bake and cook and it all stemmed from our mom's passion of cooking. She would find a recipe that she loved, and then make it all year long. We used to say, "That was the year of the cheesecakes" or "That was the year of cinnamon rolls." Some of our fondest memories revolve around cooking together in the kitchen. We love to get together as family and contribute our best recipes for the meal. And we are constantly calling each other saying, "You've got to try this recipe!" We'd like to share our favorite recipes with you. So, happy cooking, happy baking, happy eating, and then happy exercising afterwards to burn those calories!


Thursday, July 18, 2013

Homemade Coconut Ice Cream

When my husband and I were in Hawaii we tried some coconut ice cream. I vowed to myself as I was eating it that when I got home I was going to find a great recipe for homemade coconut ice cream. A few days after we came home, I was talking to my sister Shanon and she had mentioned that she just had the best homemade coconut ice cream at her in-laws. I couldn't believe my ears! So I got the recipe and made it that very weekend and it was even better then the ice cream I had in Hawaii! This is AMAZING!!!!!

Homemade Coconut Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS:

- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut

- 1/2 cup crushed pecans

- 1/2 cup chopped slivered almonds

- 4 eggs

- 1 1/2 cup sugar

- 1 small can evaporated milk

- 1 1/2 Tbsp. coconut extract or coconut flavoring

- 1 pint heavy cream

- 1 quart half and half

- 2 Tbsp. coconut cream pie pudding mix powder 

DIRECTIONS: Broil the coconut, pecans and almonds on a cookie sheet in the oven until slightly browned. Let cool. In a bowl, beat the eggs and sugar for about 3 minutes. Add the can of evaporated milk, coconut extract/flavoring, heavy cream, half and half, and pudding mix. Then stir in the coconut/nuts. Put in ice cream freezer with ice and rock salt according to manufacturer's instructions.

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