No-Churn Honey Ice Cream

No Machine and No Refined Sugar

Homemade ice cream sounds like a big project until you realize you don't actually need a machine to make it. No-churn ice cream has been around forever and the method is SO simple: whip, fold, freeze. Using raw honey instead of refined sugar means the base has real flavor. Raw honey brings a depth that plain sugar just doesn't have. 

The Base

This is what every variation below starts with:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
• 3 to 4 tablespoons raw honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Whip the cream to stiff peaks. In a separate bowl, stir together the condensed milk, raw honey, vanilla, and salt. Fold the whipped cream into the condensed milk mixture gently, keeping as much air in as possible. Pour into a loaf pan or freezer-safe container, cover tightly, and freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.

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Three Variations Worth Making

Raw Honey and Sea Salt
The base recipe as written, finished with a drizzle of raw honey and a pinch of flaky sea salt swirled in before freezing. The honey flavor is front and center here.

Hot Honey and Dark Chocolate
Swap the raw honey for our new hot honey and fold in half a cup of roughly chopped dark chocolate before freezing. The heat builds slowly and the chocolate grounds it. This one surprises people.

Honey Peach
Fold in one cup of fresh peach puree with the condensed milk mixture. Raw honey and ripe summer peaches are a natural pair, use a lighter variety so the peach flavor has room to come through. Tastes like peak July in a scoop!

A Few Notes

• Full-fat heavy cream is a must here. It's what gives no-churn ice cream its texture without a machine.
• Raw honey's natural composition means it resists freezing slightly differently than refined sugar, which actually works in your favor. The finished ice cream stays a little softer and scoops more cleanly straight from the freezer.
• Covered tightly, these keep well for up to 2 weeks, though we doubt they'll last that long.

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Next Sunday, July 19th is National Ice Cream Day, and we may or may not have something sweet planned... stay tuned!