Cranberry Ice Cream

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Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer in minutes and freeze for an easy dessert with or without pie.

Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer.

Just three ingredients make this delicious cranberry ice cream. Vanilla ice cream, canned or homemade cranberry sauce, and dried cranberries. Whip this up in minutes for Thanksgiving dessert.

Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer.

Firstly, let the vanilla ice cream just melt slightly on the counter or in the fridge. You don’t have to have it out long before it’s ready. Scoop it out into the kitchen aid mixer or any stand mixer.

Vanilla ice cream in a bowl of the stand mixer.

This method of mixing the ice cream can also be done with a hand mixer but it’s not as easy. Add in cranberry sauce then mix well. Make sure the cranberry sauce is well incorporated. Homemade cranberry sauce can be used as well.

Cranberry sauce and vanilla ice cream inside the bowl of a stand mixer.

Add in the dried cranberries and fold with a spatula. I don’t use the mixer at this point because it will break the dried cranberries. I just fold the cranberries into the ice cream mixture with the spatula.

Dried cranberries in cranberry ice cream inside the stand mixer.

Once folded into the ice cream. Place it all back into the container you had for the vanilla ice cream. Place it into the freeze for a few hours to overnight. I usually just made it ahead.

Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer.

This is literally the perfect ice cream for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. The ice cream pairs well with buttermilk pie or any other mild in flavor pie. Lastly, the ice cream keeps for some time so it’s easy to make in advance.

Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer.

So serve this up with some pie for a wonderful dessert this holiday season. Check out some other holiday recipes below.

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Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer.

Cranberry Ice Cream

Sweet and tart cranberry ice cream with dried cranberries.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 48 oz vanilla ice cream
  • 14 oz whole cranberry sauce can
  • 1 cup dried cranberries

Instructions
 

  • Let the vanilla ice cream melt just slightly. Place in a bowl of a mixer. Add in cranberry sauce and mix well.
  • Add in cranberries and fold into the ice cream with a spatula. Place the ice cream back into the container and freeze for a few hours overnight.
Keyword Cranberry, Holiday, Ice Cream, Thanksgiving

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Cranberry ice cream is perfect for the holiday season. Sweet and tart with little ingredients to make. Make it in a stand mixer in minutes and freeze for an easy dessert with or without pie.

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