Dairy Free Homemade Peach Ice Cream

This Dairy-Free Homemade Peach Ice Cream recipe is perfect for those who are sensitive to lactose without compromising the texture or flavor of ice cream. This Peach Ice Cream recipe is smooth, sweet, and full of plump and ripe peaches. 

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Okay, so it’s no mystery that you girl is lactose intolerant. Pretty bad might I add. It is something that is getting worse and worse as I get older, so I noticed. When I was in my mid-twenties I was constantly getting nauseous and really bad stomach cramps just about every time I would eat something. I thought I had celiac disease, but come to find out, I am lactose intolerant according to a doctor. He did tell me that it would get worse as I get older and he wasn’t lying. 

I have started to make subtle changes in my diet that doesn’t include a bunch of dairy product. I try not to eat cheesy casseroles or skillet dinners that have a lot of creams. Those are immediate stomach upsets. But it is hard to give up two things that I absolutely love, pieces of cheese and ice cream. One thing I have figured out was how to make dairy-free ice cream using coconut milk that tastes really delicious, creamy, and thick. 

I should point out that I made this vegan ice cream recipe using full fat coconut milk that comes in a can. I am not sure how this would come out using coconut milk in the refrigerated coolers. I don’t think there is enough fat that will allow the milk to churn. Now for those of you who are worried about this ice cream taste just like coconut, let me assure you it doesn’t. Don’t get me wrong you can taste a difference but, in my opinion, it doesn’t taste like coconuts. 

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How to make this Dairy Free Homemade Peach Ice Cream

I came across this ice cream technique on the Minimalist Baker blog. I love them! Their photography is perfect! Anyway, I put the two cans of coconut milk in the refrigerator to allow the milk to chill. This will also thicken the milk a little bit as well. I poured the coconut milk along with some pure cane sugar, my peaches, and vanilla extract into a blender and mix for about two minutes. This is to help the sugar dissolves and evenly incorporate the peach flavor throughout the ice cream mixture. Once this step is complete, I pour the mixture into my ice cream machine and sit back and wait for the magic to happen!  If you are need of an ice cream machine, you should definitely try this one by Cuisinart. It’s very affordable and easy to use. 

This recipe is a perfect base for you to make just about any dairy-free ice cream using coconut milk that you can imagine. In this recipe, I cut up some ripe peaches and allowed them to sit in a bowl with some sugar for about an hour. This is process is called macerating. This process allows the fruit to release its natural juices that you can use to enhance the flavor of the fruit in your recipe.  In this Dairy Free Homemade Peach Ice Cream recipe, I added the peaches and all of that released liquid to the ice cream mixture for a sweet peachy flavor. It was perfect. 

One last thing and then I will let you get to make this ice cream recipe if you enjoy dairy ice cream but need a little coating on your stomach, I highly recommend using Lacto Joy. I talk about my experience with this product in my blog post on how to make Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. 

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