Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Honey Lavender Ice Cream: Are you tired of the same old ice cream flavors? Looking for a unique and delicious treat to satisfy your sweet tooth this summer? Look no further than this honey lavender ice cream recipe. This decadent dessert is sure to tantalize your taste buds with its creamy texture, delicate floral flavor, and a hint of honey. With the popularity of artisanal ice cream on the rise, honey lavender ice cream is quickly becoming a fan favorite. Get ready to learn all about honey lavender ice cream and why it is the must-try flavor of the summer.
A light refreshing ice cream perfect for Spring or Summer. Make this delicious floral treat for a tea, bridal shower, baby shower or ladies luncheon. Lavender flowers add a gourmet touch to this homemade ice cream. Why Honey Lavender Ice Cream? Well…..because I just watched It’s Complicated for the (I don’t want to admit) time and had to make my own. If I owned a bakery/store it would look exactly like Jane Adler’s (Meryl Streep’s character). Perfectly bright, fun, and full of delicious treats that my customers wouldn’t be able to live without. So…since that’s not going to happen I created this Honey Lavender Ice Cream with a slight floral taste that even Jane Adler would be proud to serve!
How to Make Honey Lavender Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker
MAKING ICE CREAM WITHOUTH AN ICE CREAM MAKER-METHOD #1
- Place the ice cream mixture in a quart-size resealable bag, squeezing out as much air as possible and sealing tightly.
- Place this bag inside another quart bag, again squeezing out as much air as possible and sealing tightly.
- Put the bags inside a gallon-size resealable bag and fill with about 4 cups crushed ice, then sprinkle with 4 tablespoons coarse salt. The salt lowers the freezing point of the ice and creates an extra-cold environment that absorbs heat, causing the ice cream base to freeze.
- Squeeze out all the air and seal tightly.
- Wrap the bag in a towel or put gloves on before shaking vigorously and massaging the bag, making sure the ice is surrounding the ice cream mixture constantly.
- Shake for 5 to 8 minutes, or until the ice cream is frozen. The more vigorously you shake, the smoother your ice cream will be.
MAKING ICE CREAM WITHOUT AN ICE CREAM MAKER-METHOD #2
- Place the ice cream recipe mixture in a deep stainless steel baking dish and freeze for 45 minutes.
- As it begins to freeze near the edges, remove it from the freezer and stir vigorously with a spatula.
- Return to the freezer.
- Continue to check the mixture every 30 minutes, stirring vigorously as it’s freezing.
- If you have a hand-mixer or blender, use one of those.
- Repeat this process for 2 to 3 hours, or until frozen.
MAKING ICE CREAM WITHOUTH AN ICE CREAM MAKER-METHOD #3
- Make any ice cream base according to the recipe directions.
- Instead of churning in an ice cream maker, pour into a ziptop bag, squeeze out all air, and seal.
- Freeze, lying flat, until solid.
- Remove from freezer and break into chunks small enough to fit into the bowl of your food processor or a high-powered blender.
- Pulse until completely smooth.
- If adding mix-ins, either fold them in or pulse until desired consistency is reached, then pour into an airtight container.
- Cover and freeze until ready to serve.
How to Make Honey Lavender Ice Cream With an Ice Cream Maker
FOR THE HONEY AND LAVENDER: Using local honey is amazing. You can usually find a honey vender at a farmers market. If that’s not an option any type of honey will work. During the summer months famers markets also have venders selling dried lavender.
HONEY LAVENDER INGREDIENT LIST-full printable recipe below in recipe card
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
- 1 quart half and half
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Optional: violet gel food coloring
HONEY LAVENDER INSTRUCTIONS
- In a medium saucepan, add the honey, lavender and half and half.
- Bring to a gentle simmer; take lavender syrup off the heat, cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
- Pour and strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve and refrigerate until completely cold (8 hours or overnight).
- In a medium bowl, whisk cold half and half mixture with condensed milk, vanilla and optional gel food coloring.
- Pour into an ice cream maker, follow manufacturers instructions, and churn ice cream.
More About Lavender
For this lavender honey ice cream recipe I used dried Lavender. Using dried lavender flowers vs fresh lavender flowers. If you have fresh lavender in your garden you can use the blooms but be aware that fresh is not as potent as dried. You’ll need to use more and maybe mortar and pestle it a bit to release the oils. The rule of thumb with converting fresh herbs and dried herbs is 2 to 1.
A hot summer day is the perfect excuse for making lavender honey ice cream. I don’t know about you but I can eat home-made ice cream year round. But this lavender honey ice cream screams Spring with fresh blooms or lavender flavor, sweet honey, and creamy goodness. There’s nothing like homemade lavender ice cream. I know it will become your new favorite ice cream flavor.
How to Store Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Spoon remaining ice cream into a freezer safe airtight container and place in the coldest part of your freezer until ready to serve.
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Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers
- 1 quart half and half
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Optional: violet gel food coloring
Instructions
In a medium sauce pan add the honey, lavender and half and half. Bring to a simmer; take off the heat, cover and set aside for 15 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve and refrigerate until completely cold (8 hours or overnight). In a medium bowl, whisk cold half and half mixture with condensed milk, vanilla and optional gel food coloring. Pour into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturers instructions.
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Will lavender buds work with same amount?
Hi Jean, I sprinkled on a few lavender buds. It was more for the picture then anything that’s why it’s not listed.
Thank you for such a prompt reply!
Probably won’t do that this time as am making for a group of patients at Chemo Clinic.
This looks beautiful and sounds delicious! Guess I will have to invest in an ice cream maker! Thanks!
Thanks Pamela! Yes…..I LOVE my ice cream maker!
What if I want to use whole milk I have on hand in place of sweetened condensed milk
That won’t work Lisa. You need the thickness of the sweetened condensed milk.
Well love the Jane Adler reference have seen that movie over 20 times, havent made your icecream yet ordering lavender now to make this week,thanks for the smile
Aww thanks Lori! ♥
Wow, I am in the Jane Adler fan club. Watching it now for the umpteenth time and figured I googled how to make lavender ice cream. Can’t wait to try it. The picture is gorgeous
That sounds like fun Josephine. I love this ice cream!
Now a year later and I have to say that I’m sooo excited to try this. I already have my mixture cooling. By the time I’m off work it will be perfect. I was recently gifted an ice cream maker. I would have made this sooner, but I couldn’t find a no churn recipe for it. By the way, I absolutely love It’s Complicated. Huge Streep fan, and I’ve been wanting to make this ever since then. It’s going down tonight!!!
That’s so cool Stacey! Enjoy! ♥
What exactly is quart half and half? Cream?
Dalene, Half and half is an equal mixture of half whole milk and half heavy cream.
So delicious looking! Very funny.. just watched the movie last night & looked up how to make this ice cream & your recipe was the first one I looked at! Lol. I ordered the lavender right away! Got my ice cream maker out & gonna make it tonight!! Very excited
Hi Danielle, Hahaha….after watching that movie I always want to go purchase a bakery!
Wow made this ice cream and it’s delicious. If you love lavender this will not disappoint.
Awww….Thanks Claudia!
you nailed it with this recipe I followed it to the T and it was so delicious. thank you for sharing it 🙂
This recipe is delicious and so easy too! I did reduce the amount of honey a little because I was afraid it might overpower the lavender flavor which I love! Thank you for sharing this recipe. I will be making it often!
Hi Diana, so glad you like the recipe!
This looks amazing! Have you tried to make this/is it possible to make using Oat milk?
Hi Cassie, If you use oat milk and want to end up with a creamy ice cream, you will still need to add light cream. Half and Half is a blend of whole milk and light cream.
Can you use lavender extract instead ?
Hi Jenifer, I guess you could. I’ve never used it so I don’t know what the measurement would be.
Hello!! So excited to try your recipe! And yes like most others I’m a Streep fan and saw this in the movie and wanted to try it. However, I have a small countertop ice cream maker and it wount hold the amount in your recipe. I can only pour in 2 cups of liquid in my maker. Not sure how to modify the ingredients. Any advice? Thank you!
Hi Laura, There’s two things you could do. Make the full recipe and make the ice cream in batches OR make half the recipe and add as much of the liquid to your maker as you can. I’m not sure what else you can do other then purchasing a larger ice cream maker. I hope this helps. ♥
This looks so good! What a refreshing flavor! That is definitely worth making your own ice cream for!
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
We’re making this for the third time! Delicious.
Hi Leann, I’m so glad you like the recipe.😊
Can this recipe be made in the round, ball ice cream makers?
Hi Yesim, I have no idea….If I had to guess I would say yes but I don’t guarantee it will work.
Didn’t know lavender was a thing, but now I’m interested in trying it!
Hahaha….yeah Jordan, although this ice cream has a light flavor you definitely need to like floral tasting food.
This looks so good! What a fun flavor to make that you can’t get at the store!
Thanks for sharing! How long does it keep in freezer?
This looks so good! What a great flavor combination!
Thank You Suzanne!
Thanks for sharing! Can I make with another kind of milk?
Hi Vanessa, You can use evaporated milk. You won’t get the same sweet flavor but the consistency will be similar. You can also use full fat coconut milk with ¼ cup of granulated sugar.
I’m making this for a family reunion next week! I’m so excited! Do you use violet gel and if so which one? I want mine to be the color in your photo. Thanks in advance ☺️
That’s awesome Amber. I use Wilton gel food coloring.
This looks so good! What a fun recipe to make with kids!
Thanks for sharing! How long can it stay in the freezer?
I have made this at least twice a week since finding your wonderful recipe. We happen to have a lavender store not from from us, so am able to get culinary grade lavender. This is easy, absolutely delicious, and love how simple the ingredients are. Thank you!
Hi Suzi, Thank you for the lovely comment. WOW! I didn’t know there were lavender stores. That’s cool!