Homemade Ice Cream

This homemade ice cream recipe is irresistibly creamy! It is perfect as a vanilla or as a base for other flavors.

Of course you will find dozens of brands of ice cream in the store. But the best man in the world? Homemade Ice Cream ! This homemade ice cream recipe is an easy way to make irresistibly delicious ice cream at home using natural ingredients. It has a strong, sweet taste and a deliciously creamy texture. This simple method works for any type of ice cream maker, and you can add mixes to your heart’s content (this is our favorite part!). Here’s how!

Ingredients for this homemade ice cream recipe

This homemade ice cream recipe is a simplified version of our classic vanilla ice cream. It doesn’t use an egg yolk, so it’s not as rich as this recipe: but the compromise in ease is worth it! This recipe is quicker and easier to prepare and the taste is heavily flavored with vanilla. It has a deliciously creamy texture that keeps well in the freezer. What you need for this recipe:

• whole milk
• whipped cream
• cornstarch
• granulated sugar
• Salt
• vanilla extract

Equipment needed: ice maker

This is a classic ice cream recipe, so you’ll need (you guessed it!) an ice cream maker! You’ll find it’s a great investment that will allow you to make sorbets, sorbets and ice cream all year round. Here are some pointers to the different types of ice machines and how to use them:

• First choice: a freezer bowl ice maker. Here it is 2 liter freezer bowl ice maker we use. It is very durable and has stood the test of time over the years. For this method, you need to make sure you freeze the base of the ice cream maker overnight before making this recipe.
• Expensive but easy-to-use choice: automatic ice maker. do you often make ice cream You might want to consider this automatic ice machine, which is bigger and more expensive. It doesn’t require pre-freezing, however, so you can make ice cream whenever you want! You can also create multiple back-to-back batches without having to refreeze the base. (That’s the type we use, but only because it’s our job!)

How to Make Homemade Ice Cream (Basic Steps)

This homemade ice cream recipe has no shortcuts: it’s the classic way to make this popular dessert. How to make homemade ice cream:

• Make the pastry cream (5 minutes): Simmer the cornstarch, whole milk, and sugar, without boiling, for 4 to 5 minutes. Then add the cream, more milk, vanilla and salt.
• Refrigerate the pudding (30 minutes, 1 hour or 3 hours): Cool the cream before whipping it. You can do this a few ways: the quickest is to pour it into a 1-gallon ziplock bag, seal, and place the bag in ice water for 30 minutes. Or you can transfer the mixture to a large metal or glass bowl and place the bowl in a smaller bowl of ice water for 1 hour. Otherwise, place the bowl in the refrigerator and wait 3 hours or until the temperature drops to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Churn (25 minutes): Then whip the ice cream in the ice cream maker. After 25 minutes there is a soft texture that you can eat right away.
• Freeze or “mature” into a hard ice cream texture (at least 2 hours): Or freeze the ice cream for 2-4 hours to get a hard scoop-back ice cream texture (as shown in the photos).

Mixtures and Variations

The plus side to this homemade ice cream recipe? Customize it with mix-ins! We’re big ice cream lovers here, so we love the ability to customize them. Here are some ideas of what to do in the final minutes of churn:

• chocolate pieces: Melt ¾ cup of the bittersweet chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in the microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring in between. Once melted, pour half of the ice cream into the container and drizzle with some chocolate. Mix it into the ice cream with a spoon to break it into pieces. Do this several times, then add the other half of the ice cream and repeat the process.
• cookie dough: Make half a recipe of edible cookie dough with mini chocolate chips, then break into small pieces or balls and add to the ice cream during the final mixing moments.
• Crushed Oreo Cookies
• M&M sweets
• Mini Chocolate Chips
• strawberry puree
• peach puree
• Caramel sauce

Storage for homemade ice cream

How long does homemade ice cream last? This ice cream recipe will keep for up to 2 weeks (or longer). Place in a loaf tin with a sheet of parchment paper on top, or just place in an airtight container. The texture is deliciously creamy throughout the storage time, not icy like other methods.

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This homemade ice cream recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free.