Butter Pecan Ice Cream Cones Recipes

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM CONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting and 1/2 cup of the chopped candied pecans; mix until mixture holds together. Shape into 8 (2-inch) balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze about 30 minutes. Fill ice cream cones with remaining cake mixture; set aside.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave candy melts on High 1 to2 minutes, stirring once, until smooth. Remove cake balls from freezer. Dip bottom of 1 cake ball in melted candy; place on ice cream cone. Press gently to adhere. Stand in ice cream cone holder. (If holder is unavailable, tightly cover top of empty rectangular pan, at least 2 1/2 inches deep, with heavy-duty foil. Cut 8 slits, 1 inch long and 3 inches apart, in foil.) Let stand until set. Repeat with remaining cake balls, melted candy and cones. When all are set, spoon remaining melted candy onto each cake ball, covering completely. Top each with 1 pecan half and remaining chopped pecans. Let stand until set.

ULTIMATE BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Mix cream, milk, Splenda, sugar, and vanilla into a large measuring cup. Stir 1-2 minutes until sugar is dissolved.
• Turn on ice cream machine and slowly pour in milk mixture. churn for 20-25 minutes.
• While ice cream is churning, prepare the pecans. In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add pecans and salt. Mix well and saute for 1-2 minutes until pecans have absorbed the butter and are nicely roasted. Turn off heat and allow to cool.
• After the 20-25 minutes, when ice cream is almost done, add the pecan mixture and let churn for an additional 5 minutes.
• Scoop out ice cream into a plastic container, cover and freeze for at least 2 hours. I love it served in a sugar cone.

CONTEST-WINNING BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet, toast pecans in butter for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool., In a heavy saucepan, heat half-and-half to 175°; stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Whisk a small amount of hot cream mixture into the eggs; return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture reaches at least 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon., Remove from the heat. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Stir in whipping cream and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto the surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Stir in toasted pecans., Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.

NO-COOK, HOMEMADE BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, evaporated milk, cream, sugar, molasses, and vanilla extract together using a whisk in a large bowl, taking care to avoid creating bubbly foam. Refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in salt until dissolved. Mix pecans into melted butter until evenly coated. Spread coated pecans in a single layer onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Flip pecans and continue baking until toasted and fragrant, about 6 minutes more. Remove butter pecans from oven and coarsely chop. Measure 1 1/2 cups butter pecans and reserve the remaining for another use.
• Pour cream mixture into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions for ice cream. When ice cream is semi-solid (about 30 minutes), stop the machine. Pour ice cream into an air-tight container and fold in 1 1/2 cup butter pecans. Cover ice cream with plastic wrap and seal container with a lid. Freeze ice cream until solid, at least 2 hours.