Saturday, December 15, 2012

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Homemade Vanilla Mint Ice Cream


Homemade Vanilla Mint Ice Cream

1/4 c French vanilla creamer (Options: Non-Dairy Coconut Milk or Half -n- half creamer)
4 ounces Organic Sugar (Options use 2 ounces of sugar instead of 4 and 2 large pitted dates {purchase bulk instead of pitted bags})
Hunk of cabbage
Small slice of lettuce
1 tsp Watkins vanilla flavoring
1 tsp Watkins mint  flavoring
2 1/2 to 3 cups of ice (if ice is extremely hard use less)

For a fun feature over the Holidays: place 1/2 cup of red hard candy pepper mint and 1/2 cup green hard candy peppermint) place on hard cement surface, hit several time with a small hammer until you have crush candy into small pieces.

Another fun feature would be Andes Creme De Menthe baking chips.


Cooking Instructions

Remove lid and place ingredients in your 5200 or 6300 Vitamix Machine in the order listed above and replace lid. Once lid is secured on 5200 machine make sure machine is on speed 1 and variable before beginning. Now turn on machine immediately ramp up to speed 10 and switch from variable to high. Allow produce to move in machine for the first 10 seconds or so to allow machine to pull
product down the middle to begin freezing. If after a few seconds you see machine freezing and still ice on top then remove plug and use your tamper to begin pushing product down toward blade. Now
allow machine to continue freezing as mounds forms in the four corners of the machine. You will now be able to turn machine off on 45 seconds. Do Not allow machine to go beyond 45 seconds as this will allow product to begin melting.

On 63oo machine you will begin in the pre-set frozen dessert area. You don't have to adjust the machine it will ramp up to speed as necessary to make your frozen dessert.
   
Allow produce to move in machine for the first 10 seconds or so to allow machine to pull product down the middle to begin freezing. If after a few seconds you see machine freezing and still ice on top then remove plug and use your tamper to begin pushing product down toward blade. Now allow machine to continue freezing as mounds forms in the four corners of the machine. You will now be able to turn machine off on 45 seconds. Do Not allow machine to go beyond 45 seconds as this will allow product to begin melting. 

After 45 seconds or machine turns off you can now serve in small clear bowls. Garnish with your fun features ie. crushed peppermint, red and green mint chips, chocolate mint chips or pepper mint bark. 

Enjoy!!!!!!!! And have Fun!