Honey Lavender Ice Cream
Honey Lavender Ice Cream | 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). 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 that even Jane Adler would be proud to serve!
For this recipe I used dried Lavender. Using dried vs fresh. If you have fresh lavender in your garden you can use it 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.
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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.