Vegan Bacon Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Yes, Bacon Butter Pecan Ice Cream. When you eat ice cream, do you often find yourself thinking, "this would be better with bacon"? No? Well, I promise there is a reason for this madness: a vegan bacon zine!

I've been talking about it and occasionally working on it for years, but I'm now actively making recipes and planning to design and print a bacon-themed zine very soon. If you've been following my posts, you may have noticed a the occasional bacon recipe like bacon vodka and Maple Bacon PBR Cupcakes. Since the bacon trend pioneers don't appear to be calling it quits anytime soon, a bacon zine will still be ever so relevant. Filled with recipes, games, and words, printed on paper, and held together with not two, but three(!!) staples, it'll be just what you need in your life.

Without further ado, this week's post features a recipe from the forthcoming zine. If bacon in ice cream is not your thing, you can leave out the bacon and replace the maple syrup with agave or another liquid sweetener for a classic butter pecan ice cream.

This ice cream is smooth, caramel-y, and loaded with flavor and richness. The butter pecans add a punch of flavor on their own, so the bacon is more of an accent. I used chopped Upton's Bacon Seitan for this recipe because it stays tender after cooking in the butter and sugar syrup (baking with bacon seitan often yields chewier results).

I find that coconut cream yields the creamiest vegan ice cream. As I mentioned in my last ice cream post, Thin Mint Ice Cream, you can now buy Trader Joe's coconut cream in a can without the hassle of separating the fat from a can of coconut milk. It does add a bit of coconut flavor to the ice cream, so try to choose stronger flavors or flavors that complement coconut when using coconut as an ice cream base. The buttery flavor of coconut goes well with the brown sugar and butter pecans.

 Get the recipe:

Vegan Butter Pecan Ice Cream with Vegan Bacon

Yield: 3 cups

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This vegan butter pecan ice cream is made with coconut milk and studded with pecans and vegan bacon.

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup chopped pecans
• ⅓ cup chopped vegan bacon
• 3 tablespoons vegan butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 14 ounces coconut cream
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup almond, or other non-dairy milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Toast the pecans in a dry skillet for 2-3 mins until fragrant, stirring frequently.
2. Remove from heat and stir in the bacon and butter. The pecans will burn quickly, so keep an eye on them.
3. Transfer to a small bowl, then pour in the maple syrup and sprinkle on the 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Set aside to cool.
4. Combine coconut cream and ¾ cup brown sugar in the saucepan.
5. Cook until sugar is dissolved and starts to bubble, then let boil for 3 minutes.
6. Add milk, vanilla extract, and ⅓ cup of the pecan mixture. Let cool.
7. Put the remainder of the pecan mixture in the freezer for the duration of freezing so it doesn’t bring down the temperature of the ice cream when you add it.
8. Freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.
9. Add pecans and bacon in last 5 minutes of freezing.

Notes

• You can leave out the vegan bacon for classic vegan butter pecan ice cream.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6 Serving Size: ½ cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 670Total Fat: 41gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 461mgCarbohydrates: 72gFiber: 4gSugar: 65gProtein: 10g

All nutritional information presented within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on seitanbeatsyourmeat.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. Even though I try to provide accurate nutritional information to the best of my ability, these figures should still be considered estimates.

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If you make this recipe (with or without bacon!), let me know how you like it! And I would also love to hear what kind of recipes and content you'd like in a bacon zine, so keep the suggestions coming!