Oct 18, 2012

Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream - Lightened!


A light and creamy pumpkin spice ice cream that tastes like a pumpkin pie only without the crust, except its frozen!  I know it's October, but  I love to eat ice cream 12 months out of the year!

I  wanted to lighten the pumpkin spice ice cream recipe, so I decided to use Fat-Free Milk,  opt for less sugar, and less whipping cream. Also,  I used 1 cup of fresh pumpkin puree which I posted a few days ago.  The taste is as good as it looks!

Anyway a few years ago, while everyone was out buying the iPhone, iPod or the latest gadget in the tech world, I was looking for an ice cream maker.  Oh yeah... you could say I am a kitchen geek, and found one I liked.  I bought a Cuisinart Automatic Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker, and since then, we have been making all kinds of fabulous flavors!

If you don't have one,  I highly recommend getting one.  It's fun for the whole family making home-made ice creams, yogurts and sorbets!


Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream - Lightened!
  • 1 +1/2 cups of heavy cream
  • 1 cup Fat-Free Milk
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree

In a medium pot. Heat whipping cream, milk, sugar, spices and salt.
Heat over medium heat until sugar has dissolved and bubble form around the edge of pot.

Remove from heat.  Stir in the vanilla and pumpkin puree.
Pour into a bowl and refrigerate until the mixture is cold.  About 3 hours or overnight.
Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.


About 25 to 30 minutes in the ice cream maker. And you are done!



Yields: 1 + 1/2 Quart 
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5 comments:

  1. I have seen alot of recipes for pumpkin around the web but not one for ice cream. This must taste amazing. Wow!

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  2. Your ice cream looks delightful! Like you, I love ice cream all year...I especially love pumpkin spice ice cream :)

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  3. Pumpkin spice makes my head spin and my taste buds so happy. this looks awesome!

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  4. What a lovely refreshing dessert for Thanksgiving - so glad not to put away the ice cream maker!
    Mary x

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  5. I love my ice cream maker! This sounds fantastic! I may have to get it back out again. Good one

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