Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Easy butter pecan ice cream has a no churn ice cream base and is filled with chunks of candied pecans. Candied pecans are easy to make and are the perfect addition to an easy ice cream recipe to give it fancy finish.

Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Hi! Just popping in to share the recipe for this super easy butter pecan ice cream with you. I hadn't had butter pecan ice cream until I moved to the states, and the first time I tried it, I was hooked.

I have a few homemade ice cream recipes here on the site - making your own ice cream at home does take a little bit of work, but it is so fun to do, and means that you can add as many or as few mix-ins of your choice to your homemade ice cream.

This butter pecan ice cream is a super easy no churn ice cream base, which I filled with chunks of candied pecans. If you haven't made candied pecans before I highly suggest it - they are great on this ice cream, but also can be used to add a delicious crunch to recipes such as my vegan cinnamon rolls.

Easy No Churn Ice Cream

I used a no churn ice cream base for this butter pecan ice cream recipe. No churn ice cream is made of whipped heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk, and the cream mixture can be mixed up and put straight into the pan to freeze - no ice cream maker needed. Often ice cream recipes use egg yolks - this is made with just cream and condensed milk so is a great egg free ice cream recipe if you need one!

If you wanted to do a more traditional style ice cream base for this butter pecan ice cream, you could use a philadelphia style ice cream base, which uses an ice cream maker but is a super simple egg free recipe that will still let the pecan flavour shine through.

How to toast nuts

There are a bunch of ways to toast nuts - my preferred method is to do them in the oven. Toasting nuts for any recipe gives an amazing, toasty depth of flavour. Nuts can also be toasted in a pan or a skillet on the stove, but doing it in the oven means that the nuts get fully toasted throughout without burning.

I make toasted pecans for my candied pecan recipe by toasting them on a baking sheet lined with silicone or parchment paper for about 10 minutes at 350°f / 180°c. Watch them carefully as they can go from toasty to a little too toasty quite fast.

How to make Candied Pecans

Candied pecans are super easy to make - It just involves making a quick caramel mixture. I do this all at once in the pan so the nuts get evenly coated. Heres how to candy pecans:

1. Toast your nuts. This is important as it adds to the caramel flavour of the butter pecan ice cream.
2. Have a pan ready to go - once these are done you want to remove them from the heat quickly.
3. Combine sugar, butter, and salt in a saucepan, stir together, then add the toasted pecans.
4. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly and adjusting the heat as necessary. You want to cook the candied pecan mixture until the sugar melts and coats the nuts.
5. Once the candied pecans are done, turn out onto the prepared pan and spread out the pecans so that they aren't touching and don't clump together.
6. Leave to cool before chopping and using.

Candied pecans are also amazing in salad or chopped up for ice cream topping - so you can make extra and store in an airtight container at room temperature for a later time.

FAQ for Butter Pecan Ice Cream

What tools and equipment do you use?
You can find a full list of the tools and equipment I use on my products page

Which pan did you use?
I set my ice cream in a regular sized 9"x5" loaf pan - you can put it in whatever you want as long as the container is freezer safe.

What is heavy cream?
Heavy cream is the cream that you would use to make whipped cream.

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