As you may have already noticed, we love homemade ice cream over at our house.  What better to do with fresh peaches than make some ice cream?  And in case you were wondering — it is super easy!  The hardest part is peeling the peaches, but you could leave the skin on, if you like “chunky stuff” in your ice cream.  Matthew does not, so I leave the skin out.  How does this tie into wedding week, you ask?  You can make up a big batch of this (double what I have) and serve it at your bridal shower.

Peach Ice Cream
[Makes about 1.5 quarts]

• 6 medium peaches (about 2 lbs.), peeled and stoned, or 4 cups frozen unsweetened peach slices, thawed
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

In a large bowl, mash the peaches into a course puree. Stir in 1/4 cup of the sugar. Let stand about an hour.  Process in blender for a minute.

Add the cream, milk, remaining 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla to peaches, stirring to blend (I do this in my stand mixer).

Stir the mixture to blend and pour into ice cream maker. Freeze according to the manufacturer’s directions.

What do you think?  Would you serve this as a summertime shower dessert?