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Healthy Cottage Cheese Ice Cream Recipe

While making traditional ice cream is usually a hit or a miss. You will undoubtedly make a tastier ice cream which is a hit. The low water content in the cottage cheese and the higher fat content mean you will make ice cream with fewer water crystals every time. The resulting ice cream is smooth and creamy every single time.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Calories 360 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Food Processor/Blender
  • 1 Freezer-Safe Bowl With Lid
  • 1 Spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Cottage Cheese
  • 2 Tblspns Honey/maple syrup/low-calorie sweetener syrup such as Lakanto sugar-free maple syrup
  • 1 Teaspn Vanilla extract

Mix Ins (Optional)

  • Chocolate chips
  • Crushed buts
  • Frozen berries

Instructions
 

  • Add the cottage cheese, sweetener of choice, and vanilla extract into a food processor or blender and puree them until you get a creamy and smooth mixture.
    2 Cups Cottage Cheese, 2 Tblspns Honey/maple syrup/low-calorie sweetener syrup, 1 Teaspn Vanilla extract
  • If you do not have a food processor, use a hand blender and puree all the ingredients in your freezer-safe bowl, then add your mix-ins.
  • Transfer the mixture into your freezer safe bowl and add your mix-ins.
    Chocolate chips, Crushed buts, Frozen berries
  • Then, put the mixture in the freezer for at least 4 hours for a firmer ice cream texture. For soft-serve texture, freeze it for at least 2 hours. Six hours of freezing will give you the same texture as store-bought ice cream.
  • For the firmer texture of ice cream, let it thaw for 5-10 minutes before scooping.

Notes

Add cocoa powder to mix the ingredients into chocolate-flavored ice cream. 
Keyword Cottage Cheese, Desserts, Ice Cream, Snacks