Anyone have good/interesting stories with swapping out or mixing sweeteners in your recipes?
In my recipes I generally use pure maple syrup. which ultimately adds that flavor into the ice cream, but i’ve been swapping it out with whatever I have in the house.
recently tried unrefined granulated sugar which seemed to stay in it’s crystalline state for some time. it wasn’t bad, just different. the flavor was not affected .
My latest batch I tried confectioners sugar and it was super sweet with a weird drying effect on your tongue.
I think my next try is a sugar alternative called allulose and then maybe start playing around with various combinations.
i’m not sure where my wife picked them up but the sugar granules i used were a lot bigger than typical white sugar and admittedly may not have given them enough time to break down. I haven’t used a custard base, but id like to sometime! As for what base I use, it is usually 40% cream, 40% while milk, and 20% sweetener and flavors. I don’t stay true to it most of the time just because I like to play around and see what outcomes I get.
brown sugar with corn syrup sound like an interesting combo. i may try that next time