Homemade ice cream on a hot summer day…
Ingredients
  • 1cup hemp hearts
  • 1+3/4cup hemp milkunsweetened
  • 1/4cup maple syrup
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 1pinch sea salt
Instructions
  1. Combine hemp hearts and hemp milk in closed container and refrigerate for minimum of 8 hours. Place ice cream maker bowl in freezer and freeze for extended time. You know it’s ready when you gently shake it and there is no liquid sound inside.
  2. In blender, combine hemp hearts/hemp milk mixture, maple syrup, vanilla, and sea salt and mix until smooth consistency.
  3. Prepare ice cream maker with frozen bowl and turn machine on.
  4. Pour contents of blender into top of machine and mix for 20-30 minutes until ice cream is churned and soft serve consistency. Do not over-mix.
  5. Gently remove ice cream from ice cream maker and fold in optional ingredients. Enjoy ice cream with soft serve consistency or place in covered container in freezer to thicken.
Recipe Notes

There are many creative options for fun ice cream flavors. Here are some ideas:

Mint chocolate chip: Add 5 drops of culinary mint essential oil and green plant-based food coloring (optional) to blender. Gently fold 1/4 cup naturally sweetened chocolate chips into ice cream when done.

Chocolate: Add 2 heaping tablespoons of cacoa powder and 2 additional tablespoons maple syrup to blender.

Lavender/Honey: Substitute honey for maple syrup and add 5 drops culinary lavender essential oil to blender. In bowl, crush heads of lavender and gently fold into ice cream when ice cream maker is done. 

Pistachio: Add green plant-based food coloring (optional) to blender. Gently fold in 1/4 cup crushed raw/shelled pistachios to ice cream when ice cream maker is done.