Scooped: Really Buttery Pecan Ice Cream

For most of my life, I never got the point of butter pecan ice cream. It always seemed like less than the sum of its parts: wan pecans poking out of bland vanilla ice cream? No thanks. When I started making ice cream, recipes for butter pecan didn't give me much hope. Three tablespoons of butter per quart? One? I had my doubts that the results would be all that satisfying.

Pecan Pie Ice Cream

Pie meets ice cream in this rich and creamy pecan-vanilla ice cream amped up with a salty molasses-twinged gooey swirl.

Browned Butter-Pecan Shortbread

Pour yourself a tall cup of coffee or tea and sit down to enjoy browned-butter pecan shortbread from Southern Living: Classic Southern Desserts. Minimal effort stands between you and crumbly, sweet, nutty delight.

Bourbon Peach Brown Sugar Ice Cream

A slightly boozy, butterscotch-like ice cream made bright by fresh ripe peaches.

Pumpkin Brownie Chunk Ice Cream

This ice cream has just a hint of spice without verging too far into pumpkin pie territory. Sweet, bitter brownie chunks give it just the right amount of chew.

Maple Walnut Ice Cream

The scoop shop classic gets an upgrade with rich, dark maple syrup and an ice cream that actually tastes like walnuts.

From-Scratch Real Pistachio Ice Cream

This recipe depends on using the freshest, most flavorful raw pistachios you can find; if they don't taste absolutely irresistible out of hand, save this recipe for another time.

Scooped: Apple, Browned Butter, & Sour Cream Ice Cream

The time has come for us to end this ice cream series, October being halfway to Halloween. We wanted something to complement fall's palette of desserts: crumbles, crisps, cakes, and quickbreads, filled with apples, pears, walnuts, and cinnamon. With that in mind, apples and sour cream were a no-brainer, a lusciously tart rejoinder to rustic late-harvest food.

Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream

This ice cream tastes like a better, more homemade version of a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte (minus the coffee, which is pretty incidental), thanks to a dose of vanilla bean, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and a wee nip of bourbon.

Buttered Popcorn Ice Cream

Sweet and salty, rich and buttery, fragrant with freshly popped popcorn—this ice cream is an easy choice for movie night.