Contest Winning Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipes

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium size mixing bowl...
• Add Pecans
• Add Butter
• Add Sugar
• Add Salt
• Mix ingredients well.
• Spread pecans on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let cool completely.
• Separate the egg yolks from the whites.
• In a large mixing bowl... Add egg yolks.
• Whisk yolks well, until creamy.
• Add the packed cup of brown sugar.
• Add granulated sugar.
• Add corn starch.
• Whisk ingredients together well.
• Add pancake syrup, whisk again until mixed well.
• Place a medium sized sauce pot over medium heat on your stove top.
• Add the whole milk.
• Bring milk up to 170°, and let cook for one minute at this temperature.
• Temper the egg mixture by adding just a small amount of hot milk to the mixing bowl.
• Stir constantly, continuing to add milk, until all the milk has been mixed in.
• Return the mixture to the sauce pot and place back over Medium heat.
• Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it reaches 170° again and thickens.
• Test by coating a wooden spoon with mixture.
• It should stay separated when you pull your finger through the mixture on the back of spoon.
• Remove sauce pot from heat and place in sink.
• Continue to stir as you let cold water rise up around the outside of the pan just over half way.
• Let the mixture cool completely.
• Place in another container with a lid, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to freeze...
• Add the pecan pieces to the custard.
• Add whipping cream.
• Add Vanilla extract.
• Place mixture in can of freezer and freeze according to directions for your ice cream maker.
• Enjoy!

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a baking sheet, combine butter, pecans, salt and 1 tablespoon sugar and spread into a single layer. Roast 15 minutes. Stir and roast 15 minutes longer. Cool. , For ice cream, in a large saucepan, heat milk to 175°. Combine sugars and cornstarch; gradually stir into milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat., In a small bowl, whisk a small amount of hot mixture into eggs; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat immediately. , Quickly transfer to a large bowl; place bowl in a pan of ice water. Stir gently and occasionally for 2 minutes. Stir in cream, syrup and vanilla. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight., Stir nuts into custard. Fill ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. (Refrigerate any remaining mixture until ready to freeze.) Transfer ice cream to freezer containers, allowing headspace for expansion. Freeze 2-4 hours or until firm. Repeat with any remaining ice cream mixture.

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.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small skillet over medium heat, cook pecans in butter until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring constantly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk eggs in a mixing bowl; set aside. Combine brown sugar and half and half in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; remove from heat. Gradually pour hot mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. Return custard to saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture coats the back of a spoon (see Editor's Note). Remove from heat and stir in cream, vanilla, and pecans.
• Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers' directions.

AWARD WINNING BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Chill a metal bowl for 30 minute While the bowl is chilling toast your pecans in a skillet on top of the stove for a few minute until you began to really smell them. Turn off the heat.
• In your metal bowl beat eggs and add remaining ingredients to ice cream can. Add enough milk to fill can and put in ice cream freezer and follow manufactures directions.

NO-CHURN BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large skillet, toast pecans in melted butter over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the salt, brown sugar and continue stirring until sugar is melted. Remove pan from heat and transfer pecans to a baking sheet to cool.
• Pour the heavy cream into a mixing bowl and whip the cream until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Set aside.
• Pour the sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl and whisk in the vanilla.
• Transfer the whipped cream to the bowl of condensed milk. Gently fold until completely mixed.
• Transfer half of the ice cream mixture into a freezer container.
• Sprinkle the toasted pecans over the top.
• Top with remaining ice cream mixture.
• Using a knife, gently swirl the pecans into the ice cream.
• Cover container with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 6 hours. The ice cream will become firmer the longer it is kept in the freezer.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Toast pecans in a shallow baking pan in middle of oven until fragrant and a shade darker, 7 to 8 minutes. Add butter and salt to hot pecans and toss until butter is melted, then cool pecans completely (they will absorb butter).
• Whisk together brown sugar and cornstarch, then add eggs, whisking until combined. Bring milk and cream just to a boil in a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat, then add to egg mixture in a stream, whisking constantly, and transfer custard to saucepan.
• Cook custard over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on an instant-read thermometer, 2 to 3 minutes (do not let boil).
• Immediately pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and stir in vanilla, then cool, stirring occasionally. Chill custard, its surface covered with wax paper, until cold, at least 3 hours.
• Freeze custard in ice cream maker until almost firm. Stir together ice cream and pecans in a bowl, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.