{Chunky Monkey} Banana Ice Cream
Author: Itsy Bitsy Foodies
Recipe type: Ice Cream
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Serves: 6-8
This creamy banana custard ice cream studded with chocolate and walnut chunks is incredibly satisfying and sweet, fit for all of the little monkeys in your life.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups milk (or half and half)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4-6 bananas, blended or mashed
- Squirt of lemon juice, optional
- ¼ cup chocolate chips or bar, chopped
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts, optional
- ¼ cup shredded coconut, optional
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, beat the eggs, milk and sugar until well blended.
- Cook the egg mixture over low heat for roughly 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. It should smoothly coat the back of a wooden spoon.
- Let the mixture cool.
- Add the heavy cream, mashed banana and the vanilla.
- If desired, add a squirt of lemon juice to help keep the bananas from discoloring.
- Stir until blended and refrigerate the mixture until it is completely chilled, for several hours or up to overnight.
- Following the instructions of your ice cream maker, pour the chilled mixture into your machine and stir it until the ice cream forms. It will typically be more like soft-serve when you first make it. If you want firmer ice cream, transfer it to a sealed container once it reaches the soft-serve consistency and let it freeze for several hours until it hardens.
- Toward the end of churning the ice cream, stir in the walnut and chocolate chunks.
- Recipe makes 1 quart of ice cream.