This Easy Homemade Ice Cream recipe teaches you how to make no churn vanilla ice cream. You only need 3 ingredients and one pan for this super easy dessert!
If you’ve always wanted to make your own ice cream without a machine or churn, this 3 ingredient ice cream recipe is for you! Once you make homemade vanilla ice cream, you can get creative with different flavors, and the possibilities are endless!
My family loves having ice cream for dessert, and we love making our own no-churn ice cream in the summer. Actually, my daughter makes it almost year round — It’s that easy!
What is No Churn Ice Cream
No churn ice cream is simply ice cream made without an ice cream machine or a churn. You’ll need 2 mixing bowls, a loaf pan or bowl, a hand mixer, spatula and, of course, a freezer!
You only need 3 ingredients for the basic recipe:
- Heavy whipping cream, or heavy cream
- Sweetened condensed milk — NOT evaporated milk
- Vanilla extract
How to Make Ice Cream without a Machine
First, pour the sweetened condensed milk into a medium mixing bowl. Make sure you use sweetened condensed milk and not evaporated milk!
Then, add the vanilla extract, and stir. You could use vanilla beans if you want, but we’re keeping it common and super simple today.
Next, pour the heavy cream into a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat it on high speed until stiff peaks form begin to form. Be careful not to over mix, or you’ll end up with butter!
You can use a stand mixer for this recipe. Either mixer works fine.
Now, gradually fold the whipped cream into the milk mixture. Stir gently with a spatula until everything is well combined.
Pour the mixture into a loaf pan or shallow bowl. Then, pop it into the freezer!
That’s all there is to making homemade ice cream without a machine! Totally easy, peasy!
The ice cream takes about 6 hours to freeze. Then, you can make ice cream cones or sundaes for dessert!
Other Homemade Ice Cream Flavors
Now that you’ve mastered making vanilla ice cream, you’ll want to try more flavors. If you love cookies and cream, you’ll love easy homemade Oreo Ice Cream!
And if you’re a peanut butter lover, try No Churn Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice cream. If you love chocolate, you’ll want to make No Churn Chocolate S’mores Ice Cream.
You can also get creative with easy Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream, or try Pumpkin Ice Cream in the fall!
Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipe
Easy Homemade Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 14 oz Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract. Stir until combined, and set aside.
- In another large bowl, add the heavy whipping cream
- Using a mixer or a whisk, beat the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks barely form. Do not over mix.
- Carefully spoon the whipped cream into the bowl with the sweetened condensed milk in it
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the sweetened condensed milk until fully combined.
- Pour the mixture into a loaf pan and smooth top with a spatula
- Place the ice cream in the freezer for at least 6 hours (preferably overnight) before serving.
Notes
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Cathy says
Love how easy this is to make!
Allyson Zea says
Wow this turned out so delicious! YUMMY!
Dee says
So glad to hear it, Allyson. Thanks!