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banana ice cream in a white bowl with sliced bananas

What is Banana Nice Cream?

Creamy ice cream made from fruit without any dairy. It’s usually made with bananas because of their low water content so when they’re pureed they turn into creamy-dreamy nice cream.

After testing many batches of banana nice cream and flavor combinations, my preferred texture preference is without the added plant-based milk. Here are some tips to accomplish that.

Tips and How to Make Banana Ice Cream

Use brown-spotted bananas, this is where the sweetness will come from. The riper the banana the sweeter it gets. Also the riper the banana the more pronounced the banana flavor is.
Peel and slice bananas into coins. Slicing into coins will limit the amount of work your blender or food processor has to do and reduce the need for adding milk. Using smaller pieces also means the nice cream will blend into a creamy dessert quicker.
Freeze the sliced bananas on a silicone mat or parchment-lined baking tray that will fit in your freezer. Freezing them separately like this will prevent them from freezing in a big clump. Once frozen, if you don’t plan on using them right away, store in a freezer-safe container. They shouldn’t clump since they were already frozen separately.
If you have a high-speed blender, you might not need any liquid, use the blender’s tamper stick to help push the frozen bananas down to the bottom of the blender.
If you don’t have a high-speed blender, you can add milk to the blender or food processor to help get the frozen bananas pureeing or let them thaw partly for about 3-5 minutes to get them soft enough to blend.
Serve immediately for soft serve.
For scoop-able ice cream, transfer the banana puree to an airtight container and freeze. If it’s too hard to scoop, let it sit on the counter until soft enough to scoop.

Toppings

Sliced bananas
Granola
Vegan chocolate chips
Unsweetened shredded coconut
Fresh fruit

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banana nice cream in a white bowl with sliced bananas

Banana ice cream

Author: Allie
Prep Time: 10 minutes (plus freezing time)
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 3 1x
Diet: Vegan

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Description

Dreamy-creamy banana ice cream made with just one simple ingredient.

Ingredients

Scale

4 frozen bananas sliced into 1/2 inch coins before freezing
1/4 cup plant-based milk (if needed)

Instructions

Put the bananas into the food processor (or blender), thaw partly for a few minutes for the fruit to puree easier.
Start by pulsing to break up the frozen banana, then increase the speed and blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the food processor (or blender) as needed.
This will take a few minutes to blend up, start with a 1/4 cup of milk if the bananas are not pureeing and add more only if needed.
Serve immediately for soft serve or transfer to a freezer-safe container and freeze until solid for scoop-able nice cream.
Once firm, if the nice cream is too solid to serve, let it sit on the counter for about 5 minutes to soften before scooping.