Gingerbread Spice Ice Cream

My oldest son used to request Gingerbread for his birthday breakfast, and the whole house would smell like holiday spices whenever I took it out of the oven. Now, gingerbread makes me think of him and his birthday at the beginning of the holiday season.

Gingerbread Spice Ice Cream

Servings: 5 cups

Ingredients
  

Gingerbread Spice Flavor
  • ¼ cup Molasses (=95 g)
  • 1 Tbs Vanilla (=14 g)
  • ¼ tsp Ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp Ground cloves
  • 1 tsp Ground cinnamon (=2 g)
  • 1 Tbs Ground ginger (=3 g)
Ice Cream Base Mix
  • 1 cup Whole milk (=240 g)
  • 2 Whole pasteurized eggs (Large eggs)
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar (=134 g)
  • Dash Salt
  • 2 cups Heavy whipping cream (=444 g, add later )

Instructions
 

  1. Pour all ingredients except whipping cream into blender.
  2. Blend on High for 1 minute.
  3. Add 2 cups whipping cream, blend on Medium for 30 seconds.
  4. Freeze in ice cream machine.

Notes

We substituted brown sugar for the white sugar that is normally in our Ice Cream Base Mix to enhance the Gingerbread Flavor.

For more information see Pasteurized Eggs Instruction Sheet

Gingerbread spice cookies with a plate of fresh baked gingersnaps is another great option.