Keto Vanilla Ice Cream

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Simple and delicious, classic vanilla ice cream that is super easy to make! You might even have all the ingredients sitting at home right now, I know I usually do. Simplicity is something I enjoy and as a kid vanilla ice cream would be one of my favourite flavours to choose from a big ice cream shop.

I remember my brother would choose something crazy like rainbow or bubble gum ice cream and I would often just get vanilla. My recipe for Keto Vanilla Ice Cream is natural, sugar free and has no artificial sweeteners, preservatives, additives or other nasties.

All the low carb ice creams on the market here just don’t 100% cut it for me, some with grains and sugar like Halo Top, others with less than ideal ingredients like Fropro and all incredibly expensive. Denada is fantastic and the best brand in terms of ingredients we have here, but also the most costly and currently stocked in limited stores.

For those in the US, Rebel ice cream is currently blowing up and the ingredients and carb counts are brilliant. But nothing is as good in taste and on your wallet than homemade keto ice cream. It also happens to be incredibly easy to make, especially with the use of an ice cream machine.

If you eat keto and love ice cream, I highly recommend investing in an ice cream machine so you can make keto ice cream for yourself whenever you like. Mine is the kind with a compressor so it churns and freezes the ice cream all at the same time, without the need for a freezer bowl chilled in advance. These machines can be expensive but if you shop around you can find some pretty good prices available. Otherwise you can go for one with a freezer bowl that is much lower in price, I highly recommend the Cuisinart for the cheaper variety.

This Keto Vanilla Ice Cream not only has no sugar or grains, it’s also incredibly filling due to the real cream and natural fat content, meaning just a small amount will leave you very full and satisfied. This Keto Vanilla Ice Cream is best served straight from the ice cream machine where the consistency will be similar to soft serve. However it is easily stored in the freezer in an airtight container. I actually use a storage container made specifically for ice cream, Tovolo Glide a Scoop, which is a very well known and reliable product.

Just remember that the Keto Vanilla Ice Cream will harden more in the freezer. The xylitol sweetener and vodka are absolutely key to keep the ice cream from freezing rock hard and becoming unscoopable. Any other sweetener will not act the same way as xylitol for ice cream. The vodka helps as well to keep the Keto Vanilla Ice Cream from crystalising and freezing too hard. The amount of alcohol is small and can’t be tasted, so this recipe is still suitable for children. However if you’re serving straight from the machine and not storing your Keto Vanilla Ice Cream, you can leave the vodka out altogether.

Lastly if you don’t have an ice cream machine, don’t worry, you can still make this Keto Vanilla Ice Cream and all my ice cream recipes by simply whipping the ingredients with a stick mixer or similar and then freezing in a suitable container until ready to eat.

Times will vary but 3-4 hours freezing time is pretty ideal with freezing up to 24 hours. More than that and the Keto Vanilla Ice Cream will definitely harden up and won’t have that soft consistency, so I highly recommend not leaving it in the freezer for too long.

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Keto Vanilla Ice Cream

A keto friendly vanilla ice cream free of sugars, grains and starches and added nasties. Can be made with or without an ice cream machine.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Gluten Free, Grain Free, Keto, LCHF, Low Carb, Nut Free, Sugar Free, Vegetarian

Keyword keto dessert recipes, keto ice cream recipes, keto vanilla ice cream, lchf dessert recipes, lchf ice cream recipes, lchf vanilla ice cream, low carb dessert recipes, low carb ice cream recipes, low carb nikki, low carb vanilla ice cream, sugar free vanilla ice cream

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Freezing Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Calories 301.9kcal

Ingredients

• 2 cups thickened cream/heavy whipping cream
• 4 tbsp birch xylitol other sweeteners will make the ice cream freeze too hard
• 4 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 tbsp vodka You only need to add the vodka if storing in the freezer to prevent the ice cream freezing rock hard

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and pour into ice cream machine. Set for 30-40 minutes. Serve.
• If you don’t have an ice cream machine you can whip the ice cream with a stick mixer and chill in a sealed container for 3-4 hours.
  
  
• If storing the ice cream place in an airtight container in the freezer.

Notes

Net Carbs - 2.6g

***Note: If you don’t want to use alcohol you can sub with 50mL unsweetened almond milk and ¼ tsp xanthan gum blitzed together and mixed into your ice cream mix, but it won’t work as well.

Our Australian followers can get their birch xylitol from Keto Eats Australia or Naturally Sweet

Nutrition

Calories: 301.9kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.6g | Protein: 2.3g | Fat: 28.6g | Sugar: 2.8g