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Coffee and Doughnuts Ice Cream

"Does the thought of a hot cup of coffee and tender glazed doughnuts make your salivate? Why not try this take on the old breakfast favorite! Rich creamy coffee ice cream with chunks of glazed doughnuts throughout."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Coffee and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,339 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

1 quart
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the doughnut pieces in a bowl, pour the cold strong coffee over them, stir, and let them soak for 30 minutes, stirring once halfway through.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the heavy cream, milk, sweetened condensed milk, sugar and vanilla extract for about 2 minutes until the sugar has dissolved.

  3. Add the soaked doughnut pieces and any remaining coffee to the cream mixture, then blend until mostly smooth, about 30 seconds.

  4. Cover and refrigerate the mixture for at least 2 hours until it is cold, at or below 40°F (4°C).

  5. Churn the chilled mixture in an ice cream maker following the manufacturer's directions, about 20 to 25 minutes, until thick and creamy.

  6. Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container, press plastic wrap onto the surface, and freeze for at least 4 hours until firm.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Coffee + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Coffee + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,201 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  5. Coffee + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,391 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs