Apple pie is always best served with ice cream, so why wouldn’t ice cream’s best flavor also be apple pie?
With this amazing fusion recipe, you’ll get to enjoy your favorite warm and cozy dessert as a delicious icy treat! Keep reading to learn how to make apple pie ice cream.
Getting Started
The order of this apple pie ice cream recipe will depend on wait times. The ice cream maker bowl needs 16 to 24 hours to freeze, the ice cream base needs two hours to three days to set, and the pie crust needs two hours in the fridge.
If you want to give your base lots of time to set, start this apple pie ice cream recipe by preparing your vanilla ice cream.
Make the Ice Cream Base
Use a knife to slice down the middle of a vanilla pod. Then scrape out the paste with a spoon.
In a large saucepan, add two cups of whole milk, two cups of heavy cream, a half cup of sugar, a pinch of salt, and both the vanilla paste and the empty pod.
Cook this on medium heat, stirring occasionally, while you prepare your eggs.
Separate the yolks from your eggs into a bowl with a half cup of sugar and whisk them together until the mixture thickens and lightens in color.
When the contents of the saucepan start to boil slightly, place your eggs by the stovetop.
If you have one, use a mat under the bowl containing your eggs so that it doesn’t move as you stir it. Now slowly ladle in a third of the milk mixture. Whisking the eggs constantly to evenly distribute the heat.
Turn the burner to low and slowly whisk the egg mixture into the pan. Then switch over to a wooden spoon.
Cook this mixture for a few more minutes, until it thickens just enough to coat the back of the spoon with a thin, white film.
You don’t want this to boil, so quickly take it off the heat and pour your apple pie ice cream base through a fine mesh strainer into an air-tight container. Then seal it and place it in the fridge to set.
Make the Pie Crust
To prepare the apple pie crust for this ice cream recipe, whisk one and a quarter cup of flour and a half teaspoon of salt together.
Add half a cup of butter and use a pastry cutter, or two forks, to break it up into tiny, pea-sized pieces.
Fill a measuring cup with cold water and a few cubes of ice. Slowly add it to the bowl, one tablespoon at a time.
You’ll usually need a quarter cup of water, or four tablespoons, in there. The exact amount will change depending on the temperature of your kitchen.
Use a wooden spoon to blend the ingredients between each spoonful until the dough forms large chunks.
Flour your work surface and dump the dough out of the bowl. Use your hands to fold and press the chunks until you’re left with one big dough ball.
Now, wrap the ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for two hours.
Make the Apple Pie Filling
While you wait for the crust to be ready, start making your apple pie ice cream filling!
Start by peeling, coring, and dicing two Golden Delicious apples into half-inch-sized pieces. Then measure out all your other ingredients.
Place a medium-sized saucepan over medium-low heat on your stove and melt two tablespoons of butter.
Add the apples and half a cup of brown sugar to the pan. Stir these together with a wooden spoon until the brown sugar evenly coats the apple chunks.
Then, stir in a teaspoon of cinnamon until the sugar has fully melted.
Now lower the heat and cover the pan so the apples can steam. Make sure you’re stirring it every once in a while to keep the sugars from burning.
When the apples have softened, finish cooking them uncovered until the moisture evaporates. Creating a thick syrup, perfect for your apple pie ice cream!
Take your pie crust from the fridge and preheat the oven to 350º Farrenheit.
Sprinkle some flour onto your work surface and a rolling pin. Using only a gentle force, slowly press and roll out your dough.
Start each roll from the center and work outwards to ensure an even spread, but the shape doesn’t really matter.
Roll it to an eighth of an inch thick, then place it on your baking sheet with some parchment paper. Use a fork to poke holes in the surface to stop it from bubbling and puffing up in the oven.
Bake your pie crust for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges turn a nice golden brown. Then, place it on a cutting board and chop it into bite-sized pieces.
Finally, it’s time to put your apple pie ice cream together!
Make Apple Pie Ice Cream
Grab the bowl from the freezer at the last possible minute, then quickly assemble your ice cream maker and turn it on before pouring in your apple ice cream base. Otherwise, you could damage the machine.
Let the ice cream churn for 15 to 20 minutes before adding your apple pie filling and pie crust.
Wait another five to ten minutes for everything to combine. Then, pour your thick and creamy ice cream into its air-tight container.
Let it finish harderning in the freezer for another two hours. Then reward your hard work with a fresh helping of homemade apple pie ice cream!
How to Serve
To make your apple pie ice cream even better, double your pie crust ingredients and use half of it to bake edible pie crust bowls!
Just cut mini pie crusts with a biscuit cutter, or a glass, and bake them in a muffin tin.
Enjoy Your Apple Pie Ice Cream!
When it comes to apple pie, there’s no better pairing than ice cream. And this fusion apple pie ice cream recipe brings that pairing to a whole new level!
For more information on the different apples you can use, check out our article on Apple Varieties!
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