Just about everyone I know loves homemade ice cream on a hot summer day. The sweet cream melting in your mouth is one of the best ways to cool down. My kids just love ice cream, but I don’t like buying it. There are usually a lot of other ingredients in the ice cream I can’t always pronounce. The ice cream machine takes too long and is way to messy. This homemade ice cream recipe is made with just four simple ingredients you probably already have. With this being so easy to make, I may never buy ice cream at the store again.
Homemade Ice Cream Without Ice Cream Maker
Ingredients for Homemade Ice Cream:
2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Cup powdered sugar
1 Cup milk
1 Tablespoon Vanilla (2 for very vanilla)
Directions for How to Make Homemade Ice Cream:
1. Pour 1 Pint (2 cups) heavy whipping cream in a mixer with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high for about 5 minutes. Cover the mixer so the cream will not splash out. It is ready when, stiff peaks to form in the whipping cream. But not too long where you have butter. You are basically making homemade whipped cream at this point.
2. While the mixer is making whipped cream, combine 1 cup milk, 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Whisk together until mixed well.
3. When the whipping cream is finished, reduce the speed of the mixer to the lowest setting and slowly (very slowly) pour the powdered sugar milk mixture into the mixer. If there is some separation between the milk and whipped cream slow down and let it incorporate for a minute.
4. Now place in a freezer safe container and wait about six hours. This is really the hardest part to wait until it is frozen solid. I suggest making it at night before bedtime. It will be ready for the next day.
Wasn’t that so easy to make? This makes a little over a quart of ice cream. I have made three batches of this already and this is the first one I have had the chance to take a picture of for a post. Use this as a base for making Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches. For some variations add 1/4 cup of homemade chocolate syrup to milk for chocolate ice cream. Add more for more chocolate flavor. For caramel ripple ice cream, heat two heaping tablespoons caramel sauce and one table spoon milk in a container. Heat and mix the milk and caramel sauce together. Layer ice cream then 2 tablespoons of drizzled homemade caramel sauce for about three layers.
What is your favorite flavor of homemade ice cream?
Rebecca | LettersFromSunnybrook says
June 20, 2014 at 11:05 pmI love making homemade ice cream. I use a simple Cuisinart maker that doesn’t take long and is easy to clean up. Either way, it is great being able to control the ingredients in our foods 🙂 I saw your post at the Link Party Palooza.
marie says
June 21, 2014 at 8:59 amI don’t have an ice cream maker so I never thought it would be possible…but you have given me some inspiration to try!
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Amy says
July 7, 2014 at 9:38 amGreat! I hope you enjoy this easy recipe.
[email protected] in Pyjamas says
June 22, 2014 at 5:52 amI love ice cream especially on a hot day! Great recipe if you haven’t got an ice cream maker. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!! [email protected] in Pyjamas
Beth @WiccanMakeSomeToo says
June 22, 2014 at 6:52 amLove this. Seems wickedly simple to do! Thanks for the caramel ripple idea as well. Can’t wait to try this.
Amy says
July 7, 2014 at 9:39 amI hope you do try this Beth! We just love it at our house.
Mandee Thomas says
June 23, 2014 at 12:30 amStopping by from the Skip the Housework link up. Need this, thanks for sharing!! 😀
Patti says
June 26, 2014 at 9:14 amLiked this so much I pinned twice (once to a group board)!
Amy says
July 7, 2014 at 9:40 amThanks Patti!
Helen Neale says
June 27, 2014 at 3:50 pmThis looks yummy! Thanks so much for linking up to the Parenting Pin it Party this week xx
Jill says
June 29, 2014 at 3:16 pmThis sounds great. I love the simple ingredients!
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June 29, 2014 at 3:18 pm(Oops sorry, I didn’t mean to leave you the link but the book sounds kind of good HA!)
Tammy @ creativekkids says
June 29, 2014 at 11:38 pmI don’t have an ice cream maker, so the kids and I will have to try this. I am pinning, and I am featuring this tomorrow on the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party on Creative K Kids!
Amy says
July 7, 2014 at 9:41 amThanks for featuring me! I know you will enjoy this easy recipe.
Tammy @ creativekkids says
June 30, 2014 at 5:11 pmLOVE THIS! Thanks for the great recipe and for linking it up to Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids. I pinned it to the Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
Adelina Priddis says
July 1, 2014 at 11:23 amI love you!! You are my new best friend 🙂 Seriously though, I always want to make ice cream at home, but every recipe I find needs an ice cream maker, which I don’t have. Ah the possibilities I can now come up with. Thanks so much for sharing on Foodie Friday
Stephanie Kay says
July 1, 2014 at 3:57 pmNothing better on a hot summer day than homemade ice cream!! Thanks for sharing via Family Fun Friday.
Pam says
July 3, 2014 at 5:42 pmI did not realize it was this easy to make your own ice cream. I definitely have to try this! Thank you so much for linking up to Dare to Share, you are today’s Dare to Share Feature of the Day.
Amy says
July 7, 2014 at 9:42 amThanks for featuring me at Dare to Share.
Carol Collett says
November 3, 2014 at 12:54 pmI have found several recipes on your site that peak my interest. I would like to copy them to my computer for future use, but can’t seem to copy them to do so. Can you please suggest how this might be accomplished? Thank you so much.
Stephanie R says
August 2, 2015 at 7:29 pmI keep seeing these types of recipes and saying that Im going to try it… well this time I totally am, I think my kids would love this!
Abby says
August 5, 2015 at 2:29 amI’m kind of wishing I hadn’t come across this recipe… it’s soo hot here in Mississippi. I might be making this on Saturday!
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
August 6, 2015 at 6:46 pmYum. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Joanne T Ferguson says
August 9, 2015 at 9:58 amThis looks delicious Amy! Thanks for sharing at the Say G’day Party! Pinned and look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Kim Croisant says
June 3, 2017 at 1:11 pmThat looks easy!! I think I can do that!! Brody would love it too!!
Amy says
June 15, 2018 at 2:35 pmThis sounds so good and so easy. We love ice cream and I can see making many different flavors with this recipe. I do like not having to use an ice cream maker. Thank you for sharing at Sugar and Spice Link Party.
Claire Rocks says
June 23, 2018 at 1:09 pmCant wait to try this. Pinned for later
Amy says
June 25, 2018 at 8:42 amYou will love it!