Homemade Salted Caramel Ice Cream

An easy recipe for salted caramel ice cream that uses real ingredients with a few secret ingredients that keep this ice cream scoopable.

This homemade salted caramel ice cream recipe is perfect for dessert when you want a scoop of sweet goodness with a hint of salt that brings memories of the ocean breeze on a hot summer day.

Our family likes a good ice cream. We’ll eat just about any flavor. If it’s creamy, sweet, and frozen, count us in!

I like to make it at home because I can control the ingredients, making it healthier and more affordable. You may argue that it’s not more affordable, but I argue that it is because in the end, we’re healthier for it. And health is worth a whole lot more than saving a few bucks for some store-bought ice cream pumped full of cheap, toxic ingredients that ultimately cost you more in healthcare.

Besides, when mom makes a batch of ice cream, she’s the hero. The fun one. The cool mom. The mom that everyone wishes they had. I’m tell’n ya, food is the way to their hearts. One of them, anyway. 😉

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Real Food Ingredients

I like to keep sugar to a minimum around here. In this recipe I used monk fruit, but you could easily use whatever sweetener you desire. Honey, maple syrup, sucanat, or coconut sugar are healthy options, too.

Unsulfured blackstrap molasses is what gives this ice cream it’s caramel color. Molasses has a deep, rich flavor that lends perfect to caramel-like taste. It contains vitamins and minerals such as iron, calcium, magnesium, vitamin B6, and selenium. This is easily found in grocery stores. I buy in bulk from Azure.

For a boost of caramel flavor, I use Trim Healthy Mama’s Caramel Natural Boost. Their products are ones I buy and trust, and their natural flavor boosts are no exception. They don’t contain any artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial preservatives, synthetic carriers, synthetic solvents or antioxidants—that’s very important to me! This is not a THM sponsored post. I just really trust and like their quality products.

I like to use my homemade vanilla extract. Because it’s made with alcohol, it helps keep this ice cream scoopable. Vegetable glycerin also helps keep it from freezing solid. I buy this in bulk as well from Azure, since I use it in various applications around my homestead.

Glucomannan is completely optional, but I like to use it for what it adds to the texture. I usually have this readily on hand since I use it in a lot of other cooking I do.

Customizable Ingredients

The ingredients couldn’t be simpler. I like to keep things simple around here, if you don’t already know.

This recipe is customizable. You can use whatever kind of milk you prefer. A lot of times I’ll use my homemade cashew milk.

This recipe I feature today is salted caramel, but you can swap the ingredients for whatever kind of flavor you want. Fruits like various berries, banana, or mango lend a nice summer vibe. I love a good chocolate ice cream myself, made with cocoa powder and chopped dark chocolate. Oddly, the rest of my family prefers a plain ‘ol vanilla most of the time. They certainly didn’t get their mother’s flare. Ha!

Special Equipment

I love my Cuisinart ice cream maker. I bought it last year when my original maker finally gave out. It was a cheap one I had bought at WalMart I think. I had it for over five years or more. When the insert stopped freezing properly, I decided it was time to invest in a new one that I had my eye on for several years. It has not disappointed.

Homemade Salted Caramel Ice Cream Recipe

For the ingredients you will need:

• 2 cups milk of choice
• 1.5 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/8 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp unsulphured organic blackstrap molasses
• 1/3 C sucanat sugar (use 2/3 C if not using monk fruit)
• 1/3 C monk fruit, I use this kind; optional for keeping sugar low
• 1 tsp caramel extract; I use Trim Healthy Mama’s Caramel Natural Boost
• 1 TBS homemade vanilla — learn to make it HERE
• 1/2 tsp glucomannan, optional
• 1 TBS food-grade vegetable glycerin, optional

Directions

1. Whisk all ingredients until well combined and sugar and monk fruit is dissolved.
2. Pour ice cream mixture into ice cream machine, following manufacturer’s directions. For my machine, I simply turn on and slowly add the mixture.
3. Allow ice cream to churn until desired thickness. It usually takes around 30 minutes.
4. Eat as soft serve or scoop out ice cream into glass loaf pan or dish and store covered in freezer until ready to eat.

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HOMEMADE SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM RECIPE

An easy recipe for salted caramel ice cream that uses real ingredients with a few secret ingredients that keep this ice cream scoopable.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Freezing Time30 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: all natural, from scratch, ice cream, one bowl, real ingredients

Author: Amy | Our Amyable Farmhouse

Equipment

• Automatic ice cream maker

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk of choice
• 1.5 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/8 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp unsulphured organic blackstrap molasses
• 1/3 C sucanat sugar (use 2/3 C if not using monk fruit)
• 1/3 C monk fruit I use this kind; optional for keeping sugar low
• 1 tsp caramel extract; I use Trim Healthy Mama’s Caramel Natural Boost
• 1 TBS homemade vanilla — learn to make it HERE
• 1/2 tsp glucomannan optional
• 1 TBS food-grade vegetable glycerin optional

Instructions

• Whisk all ingredients until well combined and monk fruit (or sweetener of choice) is dissolved.
• Pour ice cream mixture into ice cream machine, following manufacturer’s directions. For my machine, I simply turn on and slowly add the mixture.
• Allow ice cream to churn until desired thickness. It usually takes around 30 minutes.
• Eat as soft serve or scoop out ice cream into glass loaf pan or dish and store covered in freezer until ready to eat.

What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?

I’m a die-hard chocolate fan. The more, the better. Like chocolate extreme, brownie and fudge chunks, with syrup or magic shell (all homemade, of course). I do like caramel though, too. What’s the craziest flavor you’ve ever tried? Around my neck of the woods, there’s an annual garlic festival where I’ve heard they serve garlic ice cream. I’m sorry, but that’s where I’m drawing the line, people.