Grandpa Van Horn’s Coffee Ice Cream

Published on November 27, 2013 | In American | By The Social Chef |

- Prep Time
- 10 Minutes
- Cook Time
- 50 Minutes
- Difficulty Level

Ever since I could remember my family made homemade ice cream for Thanksgiving, Christmas and always for my birthday. My dad’s parents always made homemade coffee ice cream and my moms parents made homemade vanilla or chocolate ice cream. I was always partial to chocolate when I was a child but as I grew older and into my teenage years I developed a love for coffee ice cream.

I still remember my grandparents with their old wooden bucket filled with ice sitting either in the garage or on the back porch churning away the ice cream. My job was to every 10-minutes make sure the ice didn’t jam the machine and if it did I was to scoop some rock salt on the ice to melt it so the machine would continue to turn. One year the machine was stuck and I tried to get it to turn however the lid popped off and some rock salt and ice got into the ice cream mixture. Needless to say that was a disaster.

To this day I continue this tradition of making ice cream on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Some times I will make it for a friend if it’s a special occasion. It never fails that when Thanksgiving and Christmas rolls around I always think of my grandparents and all the wonderful memories. This is one of those traditions I will continue in honor of my grandparents. My ice cream always turns out good but never as good as the homemade ice cream they use to make.

Enjoy Grandpa Van Horn’s Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
3/4 granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons instant espresso powder
3 ounces chilled strong coffee

Instructions

1. In a glass bowl add milk, sugar coffe and espresso and whisk or a hand mixer until sugar is dissolved, 2-3 minutes
2. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla and refrigerate for 30- minutes
3. Pour into an ice cream machine and allow to thicken, about 45-60 minutes depending on machine
4. Serve immediately or put in freezer until ready to serve

Servings : 6
Ready in : 90
Course : Dessert
Recipe Type : Dessert

Instructions

1. In a glass bowl add milk, sugar coffe and espresso and whisk or a hand mixer until sugar is dissolved, 2-3 minutes
2. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla and refrigerate for 30- minutes
3. Pour into an ice cream machine and allow to thicken, about 45-60 minutes depending on machine
4. Serve immediately or put in freezer until ready to serve

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Michael Van Horn (aka MJ) 'The Social Chef', has incorporated his passion for culinary with his love and artistic ability of photography, his infatuation with writing, his charismatic ways of ...