Chai Tea Ice Cream

Chai Tea Latte's are one of the most popular items in Coffee houses around the world. Sweet and cream with exotic spices, it's the perfect pick me up treat. I got the idea once to turn that into an ice cream recipe and I've been very happy with the results. It's everything you love about Chai and Ice cream all in one!

6 Vanilla or Spiced Chai Tea bags
1 cup of Sugar
1/2 teaspoon of pure Vanilla extract
Small pinch each of Nutmeg and Cinnamon
1/2 cup of half and half
4 cups of heavy cream

Begin my measuring out 1/2 cup of the heavy and cream and add it to a small sauce pan. Add the 1/2 cup of heavy cream and a pinch each of nutmeg and cinnamon. Unwrap the tea bags and place them into the half and half and cream mixture. Heat the cream over a medium low heat and stir gently nce the cream begins to steam. If at any point the cream begins to boil, reduce the heat. Continue stirring until the mixture becomes tan and the tea has released it's flavors.

Remove from the heat. Carefully take the tea bags out and squeeze to get all the moisture out of them. While the cream is still hot, add 1 cup of sugar. Stir the sugar in until it's dissolved. Add our sweetened Chai spiced cream to the remaining heavy cream and set in the refrigerator to cool.

Once the mixture has cooled, place in your prepared ice cream maker and churn for about 20-25 minutes depending on your unit. Place the ice cream in a container and freeze for another hour or two until the ice cream is a bit firmer for serving.