Cinnamon Ice Cream with Apple-Pecan Swirl

Fresh apples and crunchy pecans are swirled into this sweet cinnamon ice cream that's been passed down generations.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 390 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon extract, divided
• 1 large apple - peeled, cored, and diced
• 0.66666668653488 cup white sugar
• 2.5 cups heavy cream
• 0.5 teaspoon white sugar
• 0.5 cup water, or as needed
• 0.5 teaspoon light brown sugar
• 0.25 cup crushed pecans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix milk and 2/3 cup sugar together with an electric blender, about 2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream, 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon extract with a spoon. Chill in a refrigerator for 2 hours.

Step 2

Meanwhile, place apples into a pot and add water to cover; heat over medium heat. Add remaining cinnamon extract, remaining ground cinnamon, light brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon white sugar, in that order, while stirring the mixture in between each addition. Cook on medium heat until apple pieces are soft to the touch, 8 to 10 minutes. Turn off heat and pour apple mixture into a colander to drain. Transfer to a container and add pecans; allow to cool, 15 to 20 minutes. Place into a refrigerator and wait until ice cream mixture has setup for those 2 hours.

Step 3

Take the top off and add your apple/pecan mixture and allow machine to mix that for you for an additional 4 to 5 minutes. At this point it should be soft-serve consistency; if hard-serve is desired place cinnamon ice cream with apple-pecan swirl into a freezer to setup for 1 additional hour.

Step 4

Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions, at least 18 minutes.