Banana Pudding Ice Cream

Bananas and crushed vanilla wafers are stirred into to a rich vanilla ice cream base creating banana pudding ice cream perfect for hot summer days.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 332 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup crushed vanilla wafers
• ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 ½ cups half-and-half

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine half-and-half, brown sugar, white sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir until sugars are dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and pour 1/2 the mixture into a large bowl; whisk eggs into mixture until well combined.

Step 2

Transfer egg mixture back into saucepan with remaining half-and-half mixture; stir in cream. Cook and stir mixture over medium-low heat until cream mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vanilla extract.

Step 3

Pour cream mixture over a fine mesh sieve into a bowl; cool to room temperature. Stir mashed bananas into cooled cream mixture.

Step 4

Pour banana cream mixture into an ice maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Fold vanilla wafers into ice cream during the last 5 to 10 minutes of freezing.