It is getting pretty cold here in Portland. You'd think I would not want cold food, right? Well. When I found some dairy free egg nog (what??) the other day, I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it.
I am so happy I did. This is some of the most delicious ice cream I have ever had! Right on up there with Chubby Hubby (you cannot go wrong with chocolate covered, peanut butter filled pretzels inside ice cream!) and Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter (am I being redundant?).
Point being, this is good. So Very Good.
pumpkin ice cream
2 cups Silk nog
1 cup coconut milk (full fat canned)
½ cup pumpkin puree
½ cup maple syrup
3 tablespoons vanilla
1 tablespoon tapioca flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Blend the Nog, milk and tapioca flour in high powered blender until fluffy (by hand or with the whisk attachment on your stand mixer). Combine the pumpkin, maple syrup, vanilla and spices; fold into milk mixture. Prepare according to ice cream maker instructions.
This is pumpkin sweet cream. The Nog makes it incredibly rich and the maple syrup and cinnamon lend a warm sweetness. Incredible.
I hope everyone wants pumpkin ice cream for Thanksgiving - it's whats for dinner dessert!
Do you only eat ice cream in the warm months, or are you a year 'round fan?
What interesting flavor would you like to see me make into an ice cream?
klover says
looks delish! i, too, am an all-year-'round-any-time-of-day ice cream lover. but i don't have an ice cream maker :'(
spabettie says
thank you !! I never thought I'd get one (too many appliances...) but I found this one at the end of summer at a Sur La Table sale - like 50% off!! I am having so much fun making ice cream...
Jessie (Bites and Pieces) says
Mmm, this looks perfect! Especially since it will still be in the 80's here for Thanksgiving. Nice way to enjoy fall flavors while staying cool!
spabettie says
wow... I cannot imagine an 80 degree Thanksgiving... you should DEFINITELY make this!! 🙂
omgoshimvegan says
That looks out of this world. I feel the urge to run out and buy an ice cream maker. Never would have thought of pumpkin ice cream mmmmmm.
spabettie says
glad to be of help!! I got mine just a couple months ago, at the end of September... on a HUGE sale!! I bet this is still a great time to find one on sale... 😉
Beth says
Wow that look unbelievable! For work, we had a conference in Columbus, OH, and ask a thank you the host committee sent us a ton of different local ice creams - including Pumpkin Harvest. It was unreal!!
spabettie says
thank you!! 🙂 and wow, that's awesome! 🙂 what a great way to support local ice cream... and ice cream in general !! 😉
erica @ fashionmeetsfood says
What an awesome idea pumpkin ice cream is! I absolutely love your blog and am now a new follower. Have a fabulous day!
xo
spabettie says
Hi Erica !! thank you for reading ! hope you have a fabulous day also!! 😀
Erin @ A Girl & Her Mutt says
I can eat ice cream all year too. Its a nice little comfort food when I'm in my toasty apartment.
Can you explain what makes tapioca flour special? I've never heard of it!
spabettie says
it's kinda sweet (and gluten free!) so I use it in sweet food a lot... in this case I used it as a thickener.
Camille says
This looks amazing! I am a fan of ice cream year round 🙂
It has been weirdly warm the past few days. I decided to walk to school yesterday so of course I threw on my coat (it was 7am!) and I ended up being boiling all the way there. Maybe I'm just getting acclimated?
spabettie says
completely warm!! crazy, right?? that's Oregon for ya. it'll be snowing tomorrow. (um... no, please!!) 😉
Heather (Where's the Beach) says
Well hello - yum. I love the silk nog. I used it the other day to make a pumpkin cocktail 😉
spabettie says
it's pretty awesome stuff!! I think it MADE this ice cream!!
lindsay says
i can't eat ice cream when its cold, I am a wuss! well, unless its a hot fudge sundae. hehe!
spabettie says
Mmm, hot fudge sundae...
I thought I was crazy for getting this at the end of September, but... turns out I use it a lot!! I'm not even a big ice cream person... but I love to create it and then I share!! 😀
Di @ http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/ says
Pumpkin ice cream is one of my favorites - especially this time of year. Looks delicious!
spabettie says
thank you!! I've never had it, as far as I can recall... I think it turned out pretty tasty! 😀