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?
I 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.
I don’t have an ice cream maker so I never thought it would be possible…but you have given me some inspiration to try!
Marie @ In Our Happy Place
Great! I hope you enjoy this easy recipe.
I 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!! Laura@Baking in Pyjamas
Love this. Seems wickedly simple to do! Thanks for the caramel ripple idea as well. Can’t wait to try this.
I hope you do try this Beth! We just love it at our house.
Stopping by from the Skip the Housework link up. Need this, thanks for sharing!! 😀
Liked this so much I pinned twice (once to a group board)!
Thanks Patti!
This looks yummy! Thanks so much for linking up to the Parenting Pin it Party this week xx
This sounds great. I love the simple ingredients!
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I 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!
Thanks for featuring me! I know you will enjoy this easy recipe.
LOVE 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.
I 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
Nothing better on a hot summer day than homemade ice cream!! Thanks for sharing via Family Fun Friday.
I 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.
Thanks for featuring me at Dare to Share.
I 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.
I 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!
I’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!
Yum. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
This looks delicious Amy! Thanks for sharing at the Say G’day Party! Pinned and look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
That looks easy!! I think I can do that!! Brody would love it too!!
This 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.
Cant wait to try this. Pinned for later
You will love it!