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scoops of homemade banana foster ice cream in a footed glass dish, garnished with a slice of banana. Ice Cream cones and yellow bananas are in the background.

Bananas Foster Ice Cream

Ice Cream From Scratch
Butter and brown sugar cooked with ripe bananas and cinnamon create a rich, heavenly, flavorful bananas foster sauce for the best Bananas Foster Ice Cream.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Chilling/Freezing Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Course Ice Cream Recipes
Cuisine Dessert
Servings 6 servings
Calories 586 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Banana Foster:

  • ¼ cup butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons dark rum
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 ripe bananas sliced

For the ice cream:

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Instructions
 

  • Chill the ice cream bowl for at least 24 hours or until solid. You should not hear any water sloshing around when you shake the bowl. Add butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Melt completely. Stir in the brown sugar, dark rum, and cinnamon until smooth. Bring to a boil. 
  • Add the bananas and toss to coat. Cook an additional 2-3 minutes, until the bananas have softened. Remove from the heat and refrigerate until ready to use. 
  • In a large bowl, combine the heavy cream, whole milk, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and kosher salt. 
  • Whisk for 2-3 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved into the mixture. You should not feel any grit if you rub the mixture together between two fingers. 
  • Churn the ice cream mixture in the bowl of your ice cream machine according to your manufacturer’s instructions (mine took about 25 minutes), until it is thick and the consistency of soft-serve ice cream.
  • In the last two minutes of the churn, add the chilled banana foster mixture and churn until combined. 
  • Spoon the ice cream into a shallow container or a loaf pan. Press plastic wrap or wax paper to the surface of the ice cream. Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until solid. 
  • Let sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Use ripe bananas that are very deep yellow. You do not want to use overly ripe bananas because they will fall apart in the brown sugar mixture while cooking. 
  • The banana foster mixture will combine with the ice cream to flavor the overall ice cream to be a banana foster flavor. If you prefer, you can swirl the banana foster mixture into the ice cream base once it is in the loaf pan instead. 
  • Make sure that the banana foster mixture is very cold before adding it to the ice cream base, which is why you should make it first. If it is warm at all, it will melt the ice cream base.
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