Millions of Peaches (Okay…4 Peaches)

I won’t do the thing where you have to scroll past three pages about how my family has used this recipe for six generations and built an empire from it.

But I still have to explain how I got here, so bear with me…

I had four peaches that were getting way too soft, and I wasn’t about to let them go to waste. So I tossed them in the freezer and decided to make peach nice cream in my Vitamix.

It turned out so much better than I expected. It’s creamy, refreshing, ridiculously easy, and perfect for using up fruit that’s on its last leg.

Ingredients

• 3-4 ripe peaches, peeled (if you want), sliced, and frozen
• 1/4-1/2 cup plant milk (I used almond milk)
• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup, sugar, or agave (I used agave, but the sweetener is optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Tiny pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Add the plant milk to the Vitamix first.
2. Add the frozen peaches.
3. Add the vanilla, sweetener, and salt.
4. Insert the tamper (using the lid, of course!).
5. Start on Variable 1, quickly increase to Variable 10, then switch to High. If your Vitamix has an Ice Cream program, you can use that instead.
6. Use the tamper continuously to push the peaches into the blades while blending.
7. Blend for 30-60 seconds until the mixture resembles soft serve. If it’s too thick, add more plant milk one tablespoon at a time.

Note: I actually blended mine for several 30-60 second cycles because I wanted it extra thick.

Transfer the nice cream to a freezer-safe container and freeze for 2-3 hours before serving.

Enjoy!

And if you happen to have millions of peaches instead of four, I suppose you could just make a bigger batch.