Mocha Latte Ice Cream

Since the squirrel was born early, my doctor told me the only thing I could do in the form of exercise (for this pregnancy) is walk.

Let's just say I've surpassed the normal boredom level on the treadmill. If the squirrel wasn't going to preschool in a few months I'd skip the gym all together. I've been going so she can get more social interaction at the gym kid-care.

Let's just say when you have to walk on the treadmill at 3.0 and no incline you read A LOT of magazines. I've never been the type of person to read while exercising. Normally, I'm too out of breath or can't read the words anyways.

My latest magazine was Southern Living. And that is where this recipe came from.

You start by cooking salt, cornstarch, sugar, instant espresso, milk, heavy cream, and an egg yolk.

I tried an ice cream recipe the other day that had you cook everything on the stove and it was terrible. Normally, we use a recipe that doesn't call for cooking.

I was hesitant to try this one but am so glad I did!

After everything cools you add it to your ice cream maker.

We have the old school version where you add ice and salt. I'm investing in a new fancy one only because of this recipe.

I made a couple changes to the recipe and ended up with a lighter version and 2 different flavors. Coffee chip and salted coffee ice cream.


Coffee chip


Salted Coffee


Here was the kicker. It always is. Lighter versions of ice cream NEVER freeze well for me. They get all crystally (that a word?) and frosty.

I think the key was to leave some of the fat. Hey it's ice cream. It's not supposed to be fat free! Plus I used good freezer containers.


It ended up freezing beautifully! Still smooth and creamy.

I can't wait to try different variations of this recipe! This was the best ice cream recipe I've ever made! They have quite a few ice cream recipes in the July issue I read. Coconut cream pie, vanilla bean, and banana pudding.

So here's the recipe.

You know, I'm not sure how copy rights work so I won't post it on here. I mean technically since I made adjustments and changed the name it's not really Southern Livings recipe anymore right?

Here were my adjustments:

I kept the heavy cream (the fat) but used 2 cups of skim milk instead of whole milk.

I didn't have espresso powder so I added a heaping tablespoon of instant coffee powder.

I used pure vanilla extract instead of the vanilla paste.

When it was done in the ice cream maker I divided it in half and added chocolate chips to one and 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt to the other.

Let me know if you try it or another variation!

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