Homemade Peach Ice Cream

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Learn how to make homemade peach ice cream using fresh peaches, a few basic ingredients, and your ice cream maker.

bowl of homemade peach ice cream

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If there’s one homemade ice cream recipe I want you to put on your list for the summer time, it’s this right here recipe for homemade peach ice cream. It’s easy, it’s flavorful, it’s not always around in the grocery store, and it showcases one of summer’s best produce: fresh, juicy, drippy peaches.

Are you drooling yet? I mean, I totally am.

Homemade ice cream is not new here as I’ve got a couple no churn ice cream recipes (no churn coffee ice cream and no churn peanut butter ripple ice cream), but when I wanted to add a summer-centric flavor, a peach ice cream recipe for ice cream maker folks took about 3 seconds of thought before I wrote that bad boy in pen on my editorial calendar!

aerial photo of homemade peach ice cream in a bowl with a spoon

If you’ve never made ice cream in an ice cream maker, I’m here to tell you that it’s very simple (just ask my praline ice cream fans). You just have to do one thing a bit ahead of time, and that’s freeze your ice cream maker well in advance.

There’s not much worse than gathering your ingredients for a homemade peach ice cream recipe only to discover your ice cream maker is still sitting in the basement. So plan ahead! It will be worth the prep!

HOW TO MAKE PEACH ICE CREAM

The base for this easy peach ice cream is plain ol’ vanilla, flavored completely by fresh peaches.

ice cream scooper in a container of homemade peach ice cream

You’ll need heavy cream, whole milk, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, and salt to create the base. But first, before mixing up the base, you need to get the stars of the show ready.

PREPARE THE PEACHES

Fresh peaches are the key to this ultimate peach ice cream recipe. I do include instructions for using frozen peaches and cautions against canned peaches in the recipe notes if you need to make a substitution, but it’s best to stick to fresh ones for this ice cream.

You’ll peel and slice the peaches and then allow them to sit in a mixture of sugar and lemon juice for about an hour.

slices of peaches in a bowl

The lemon juice will help soften the peaches and bring out the juices, and the sugar will, well, sweeten the peaches.

Once they’re all soaked and soft, you’ll strain out the juice, which we’ll put back in later to flavor the vanilla ice cream base.

Pulse the peach slices a few times in a blender or food processor. Depending on how soft they are, you might be able to mash them by hand with a fork or potato masher. Use your best judgement on their softness.

slices of peaches in a bowl

You just want to make sure you don’t have too many large pieces of peach floating around in there. The larger peach pieces will freeze pretty hard in the freezer and be hard to bite into. A few are ok, but try your best to get the peaches somewhere between small pieces and not quite puree status.

Once your peaches are fully prepped, you can begin the ice cream base, which will only take about 20-30 minutes in the ice cream maker.

ice cream scooper in a container of homemade peach ice cream

To your ice cream base, you’ll add that reserved peach juice, which is nice and sweet and flavorful and perhaps full of some small peach bits already. This is all exactly what you want and really setting you up for the best homemade peach ice cream recipe on the block.

Once the ice cream base is finished, in go the peach pieces.

Give ’em a good few stirs to really distribute peach bits throughout the ice cream base, and then into the freezer it goes.

homemade peach ice cream in an ice cream maker

Your homemade peach ice cream should be ready in about 2 hours of freeze time, and then it’s time to dig in!

We topped ours with my homemade peach curd, but it is, of course, divine all on its own.

homemade peach ice cream in a glass dish with peach curd on top

It’s sweet and creamy and truly bursting with fresh peach flavor. And the little peach pieces are perfectly frozen enough to give a little texture without feeling bombarded with peach chunks in every bite.

We loved this easy homemade peach ice cream so much that it was gone, uhh, relatively quickly, just in time for me to make room for a batch of birthday cake ice cream.

homemade peach ice cream in a glass dish with peach curd on top

It’s perfect for summer but also really great for those of you who do peach picking at the end of the year and then have peaches on hand through all the other seasons.

Plus, any way that I can have something reminiscent of summer/warm weather/sunshine in those darker months is welcome in my book.

a bowl of homemade peach ice cream with a scoop a spoon

So how about sticking this easy peach ice cream recipe in your back pocket for safe keeping, in case you need to transport back to this time in the future? I’ll be right there with you!

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Homemade Peach Ice Cream

Learn how to make homemade peach ice cream using fresh peaches, a few basic ingredients, and your ice cream maker.
Prep Time1 hr 15 mins
Chilling Time2 hrs
Total Time3 hrs 15 mins
Recipe Author Lynn April
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

PEACHES

  • 4 large peaches1,2
  • ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

ICE CREAM

  • 2 cups (480mL) heavy cream
  • 1 cup (240mL) whole milk
  • ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Before beginning anything, make sure your ice cream maker is frozen and prepped!

PEACHES

  • Peel and slice the peaches, then place in a medium size bowl. Add the sugar and lemon juice and stir a few times to coat.
  • Cover the peaches loosely and allow them to sit at room temperature in the sugar and lemon juice for 1 hour to soften and release their juices.
  • Strain the peach syrup into a small bowl and set aside.
  • Add the peaches to a blender or food processor and pulse a few times to turn the peaches into small pieces. Large pieces will be too hard to eat frozen, but some larger pieces are ok. When the peach pieces are to your liking, remove them from the blender or food processor and set aside.

ICE CREAM

  • Place prepared ice cream maker attachment onto stand mixer fitted with the dasher.
  • In a large bowl, combine the reserved peach syrup, heavy cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, and salt and whisk until everything is combined and the sugar starts to dissolve.
  • Turn on the mixer so dasher is rotating and slowly pour ice cream mixture into the canister. Process according to manufacturer’s directions (it should take about 20-30 minutes).
  • When ice cream is finished churning, remove the ice cream maker from the mixer, add the reserved peaches, and stir to distribute evenly.
  • Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container and freeze for at least 2 hours.

Notes

  1. Peaches: if using frozen peaches, allow to thaw completely before soaking and do not discard any juice.
  2. Canned peaches: I do not recommend making this homemade peach ice cream with canned peaches (store bought or home canned), unless they have absolutely zero added ingredients. 
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Nutrition Disclosure

All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 74mg | Potassium: 196mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 1169IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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19 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I am all about the peaches right now so this looks super amazing!!

  2. Wendy Klik says:

    Ooooh, it is nearly peach season here in Michigan. Cannot wait to try this ice cream.

  3. Sheila Thigpen says:

    5 stars
    Nothing screams Summer like fresh peach ice cream! Love this recipe 🙂

  4. Kathleen Pope says:

    5 stars
    Oh my goodness, the freshest of fresh! This is summertime in the freezer! Cannot wait to try this recipe!

  5. Tucking this one away for peach season, looks amazing!

  6. 5 stars
    This peach ice cream is AMAZING. The fresh peach flavor really shines with the sweet cream and the tip about not having too large of chunks of peach makes all the difference!

  7. I am in love with this recipe! perfect timing as peaches are beautiful this time of the year.

  8. Inger @ Art of Natural Living says:

    5 stars
    Peaches with ice cream is one of my favorite summer treats. So perfect to have them together in one!

  9. 5 stars
    Wow! The icecream has the perfect combination of flavors and looks divine! Love this flavor that is perfect for the season.

  10. 5 stars
    I’m a peach fanatic and this recipe was so creamy and delicious!

    1. Thanks, Julie! It’s a favorite for us in the summer, too!

  11. 5 stars
    This is the best and easy ice cream!

  12. 5 stars
    SO perfect for using up peaches! The peach syrup really helps amp up the flavor.

    1. Yes, totally! Thanks, Megan!

  13. 5 stars
    Not sure about the sugar…the recipe directs you to mix it in with the peaches to begin but, then also in with the ice cream (dairy) mixture before churning. Is the sugar divided?

    1. Sugar is listed in two different measurements in the recipe.

  14. Caroline Kirschman says:

    I am making this tomorrow. Does this recipe make one and a half quarts of ice cream?

    1. Hi, Caroline– it makes just a bit more than 1 quart.