Maple Pumpkin Ice Cream with Frozen Bananas

Prep: 5 min2 servingsmedium
Maple Pumpkin Ice Cream with Frozen Bananas

Creamy pumpkin ice cream made with maple puree, pumpkin puree, and frozen bananas blended smooth. Serve immediately as soft-serve or freeze for a firmer texture. Naturally sweetened and spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Ingredients

2 servings
  • 3 tablespoon maple pumpkin puree
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 3 frozen banana
  • 3 tablespoon milk
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  • nutmeg, pinch
    pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoonspice

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  • cinnamon, pinch
    pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoonspice

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  • ginger, pinch
    pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoonspice

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  • cloves, pinch
    pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoonspice

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Add all ingredients to blender

  2. 2

    Blend until smooth consistency

  3. 3

    Serve immediately for soft-serve texture, or pour into loaf pan and freeze covered for hard serve

Tips

Tip 1

Blend until completely smooth to avoid icy texture

Tip 2

Freeze in shallow loaf pan for faster hardening

Good to Know

Storage

Covered in freezer up to 2 weeks

Make Ahead

Blend and freeze in loaf pan up to 2 days ahead

Serve With

Soft-serve immediately after blending, or thaw 5 minutes before scooping from frozen loaf pan

Common Mistakes

Watch

Do not overblend or ice cream will become runny

Watch

Do not skip covering pan during freezing to prevent ice crystals

Substitutions

Dairy-Free Swaps

almond milk
dairy milk1:1dairyadds dairy

source used almond milk

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almond milk
coconut milk1:1dairy-free

creamier texture

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General Alternatives

nutmeg+cinnamon+ginger+cloves
pumpkin pie spice1 teaspoonspice

simplified

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