When I was a child, Peach Ice Cream was a favorite on hot sunny days. The sweetness of the ice cream combined with the refreshing tartness of the peaches always hit the spot during the dog days of summer. So, when I saw a hundred-year-old recipe for Peach Ice Cream, I decided to give it a try.
This Peach Ice Cream recipe is a winner. The ice cream was easy to make, and it had a lovely peach flavor. It tasted just like I remember, and made a recent hot day seem just a little cooler.
Here is the original recipe:
I used a small automatic electric ice cream maker to make this recipe, so I halved the recipe when I updated it. If a large ice cream freezer is used, the amounts in the original recipe should be used.
I was concerned that the peach slices might discolor and begin to turn brownish while they sat after the sugar was added; so, even though the recipe didn’t call for it, I also stirred in a little lemon juice.
Here’s the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Peach Ice Cream
2 cups ripe peaches, peeled and slices
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 cups half and half
Step 1. Put peach slices, sugar, and lemon juice in a bowl; stir to mix ingredients. Let sit for 1/2 hour – 1 hour.
Step 2. Thoroughly mash the peaches. A potato masher can be used to mash the peaches into very small pieces, or the peaches can be briefly pulsed in a blender or food processor. (There should not be large peach chunks or they will harden like ice cubes in the ice cream; conversely, the peaches should not be totally liquified.)
Step 3. Put the mashed peach mixture and the half and half in a bowl; stir to combine. Thoroughly chill the mixture in the refrigerator.
Step 4. Put the chilled mixture in ice cream freezer, and freeze following freezer directions.
My dad used to make peach sundaes at his soda shop. They were always a hit.
mmm. . . peach sundaes sound wonderful.
Oh i remember sitting on the old hand cranked ice cream freezer to hold it steady while my brother cranked it and then trading off to crank…. when it started getting firm the older cousins would crank !
Peach ice cream in season… banana nut all year and plain custard cream scooped into cool canalope for breakfast in the mornings!
Similarly to you, I remember how much fun it was when I was a teen make ice cream with a hand-cranked freezer with a group of friends. Like you described, we would take turns turning the crank.
We always made our ice cream with half and half when I was a kid and we loved the blackberry and peach the best!
Half and half works well when making ice cream. I recently bought an ice cream cone, and noticed that the store had almost no fruit-flavored ice creams which seemed like a pity. There are so many wonderful fruit ice creams.
Sometimes lately, they get carried away!
This brings back memories of sitting on my grandmother’s back porch turning the crank on the ice cream churn. The vanilla ice cream was so good!
Homemade ice cream is the best.
I agree! Ice cream, we all scream for ice cream!
And made without benefit of ice cream maker too!
Homemade ice cream is so tasty on hot summer days.
Indeed! Yum!
Oh this is just too fabulous not to try! thank you
I think that you’ll like this recipe. It’s easy to make and tasty.
Yes, to sun-ripe peaches churned into summer’s sweetest scoop!
I love it. Wonderful description!
Peach ice cream! I think it has been decades since I’ve had some. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I’m definitely going to make this!
It’s a lovely recipe. I think that you’ll like it. Peach ice cream is the best.
ice cream with real fruit is always a winner!
cheers
sherry
I agree! It’s sad how few ice cream varieties today contain real fruit. I recently was in an ice cream store, and there were lot of vibrantly-colored ice cream flavors that almost had a cotton-candy look. I didn’t try any of them – and instead got butter pecan.
This looks delicious 😋 and refreshing. I love vintage recipes. Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦
Welcome–It’s wonderful to hear that you enjoy vintage recipes.