Healthy Ice Cream Breakfast Bowl with Salty Granola

I have been staying at a friend’s place for a few days and took the opportunity to use their ice cream machine. I made two ice cream recipes during my stay.

For a while, I thought about creating a healthy ice cream breakfast. Something you can enjoy in the morning without feeling guilty. This is how the idea for this healthy almond milk ice cream recipe came up. It is a creamy and healthy ice cream made with almond milk as the base and has hints of vanilla and cinnamon.

I topped it with my homemade granola to make it extra special and breakfast worthy. For this, I used my own granola recipe, replaced the seeds and nuts by chopped almonds and added a pinch of salt. The salty crunch goes perfectly with the smooth texture of the almond ice cream.

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Healthy Almond Ice Cream

Almond Milk Ice Cream with Vanilla and Cinnamon

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cooking Time10 minutes mins

Waiting Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 50 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Keyword: homemade ice cream

Author: Annely

Adjust servings here:

Equipment

• ice cream machine
• cooking pot

Ingredients

 

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• 1 liter almond milk
• 250 ml oat cooking cream
• 2 tsp cashew butter
• 1 pod vanilla (1 vanilla pod = 1 tbsp vanilla extract)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• a pinch salt
• 6 tbsp date sugar
• 1 tsp honey

SERVE WITH

• granola

Instructions

• Add the following to a pot: almond milk, vanilla (cut open and finely chopped), cooking cream, date sugar, honey, cinnamon, cashew butter and a pinch of salt. Let the mixture simmer over low to medium heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool down for 30 minutes.
• If you used vanilla pods, remove them from the infused almond milk mixture.
• Pour the almond milk mixture into the ice cream machine. Turn on the machine and let it churn for about 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes. After the first hour, check the mixture every 5 minutes to see if it is ready. You will also notice a change in the machine its spinning sound when the ice cream is done.
• Serve with a salty granola, with fruits or sprinkle a few chopped almonds on top!

Notes

Serve this recipe with homemade granola. I made a variation of my own recipe (replaced the seeds and nuts by just chopped almonds) and added a pinch of salt.

Remix it yourself

For this recipe, I used the sweeteners available in my friends’ kitchen. You can replace them with your preferred sweetener. If you want to use dairy, swap the oat cooking cream for one made with cow milk. You can also use regular butter instead of cashew butter. I am not vegan, but I liked the cashew butter as it gave a nutty flavour that worked well with the almond milk.

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Enjoy!