for the love of homemade treats

So I have a little obsession... homemade treats.  I feel so much better about eating a desert if I make it.  Especially because I always use whole wheat flour, cut the sugar in 1/2, and use a healthy fat like canola oil or smart balance butter.  Plus I can avoid ingredients that I do not like to ingest!!  So in my mind I justify eating too much of it.

So, my latest is making ice cream in my Kitchen Aid Mixer Ice Cream attachment.  In this coffee ice cream recipe I used less sugar and mostly organic ingredients.

I couldn't find a Coffee Ice Cream Recipe for my Kitchen Aid Mixer so I adapted one:

2 1/2 c organic half-and-half
8 egg yolks
3/4 c sugar
2 1/2 c organic whipping cream
4 t vanilla
2 servings of instant coffee [I used starbucks individual packets]
1/8 t salt

1.  In medium saucepan over medium heat, heat half-and-half until very hot, but not boiling -- stirring often.
2.  Place egg yolks and sugar in mixer and whip on speed 2 until mixed.
3.  Gradually add half-and-half to the eggs and sugar then mix until blended.
4.  Put mixture back into sauce pan and cook over medium heat until steamy, but do not boil -- stirring constantly.
5.  Mix whipping cream, vanilla, and salt until blended.
6.  When egg, sugar, and half-and-half is steaming, remove from heat and stir in instant coffee.
7.  Add both mixtures together and chill overnight -- at least 8 hrs.
8.  Put freeze bowl into freezer and freeze overnight -- at least 15 hrs.
9.  Assemble freeze bowl, dasher, and drive to kitchen aid and turn to speed 1.
10.  While on speed 1,  pour chilled ice cream mixture into freeze bowl and continue on speed 1 for 15 - 20 minutes.
11.  Transfer to airtight container and freeze or eat.

My adaptation worked!!!!!!