Basic Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream

By anonsouthernbell

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• * 4 cups coconut milk (full fat)
• * 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• * pinch of salt
• * 1 TBSP vanilla extract
• * 1/2 vanilla bean, slit lengthwise, and scraped* (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

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Directions:

Stir the coconut milk and sugar together until the sugar is dissolved. Add the salt and vanilla and freeze in an electric or hand operated ice cream freezer.

*throw all of your scraped beans into a jar, and fill it with sugar. Vanilla sugar is wonderful to bake/cook with.

Variations:

* For more of a coconut flavor, lessen the vanilla or leave out the bean, and add some coconut.
* For orange sherbet, instead of vanilla, add 1 TBSP of orangel oil, and some orange zest. If you make a batch of this, and a batch of vanilla, you have the makings for a Creamsickle! THe kids love this combo.
* You could also use lemon oil and zest, throw in berries, etc.