No Churn Ice Cream
No ice cream machine? No problem! You can make no churn ice cream from scratch using just four basic ingredients. Use the ice cream base to make any flavor variation you want, from mint chocolate chip to Oreo!
Ingredients
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (1 pint; 480 ml)
Instructions
- Add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, and salt to a large mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, or in a large mixing bowl using a handheld mixer, add the heavy whipping cream. Start mixing on low speed. Once the mixture starts to increase in volume, increase the speed to medium-high and continue mixing until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold half of the whipped cream into the sweetened condensed milk, then fold in the remaining whipped cream until just combined.
- Scoop the ice cream into a 9x5 loaf pan and smooth it out into one even layer.
- Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the ice cream and transfer it to the freezer to freeze overnight (or for at least 8 hours).
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Notes
Recipe Variations
- Vanilla: Use 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract/vanilla bean paste.
- Strawberry: Puree 1 pound of fresh strawberries in a blender or food processor. You should end up with a little under 2 cups of puree. Pour the puree into a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture has reduced by half or a little under one cup. Cool completely, then whisk the reduced strawberry puree and 1 teaspoon of strawberry extract into the sweetened condensed milk mixture.
- Mint chocolate chip: Replace the vanilla extract with 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract and add 4 to 6 drops of green food coloring to the sweetened condensed milk mixture. Once the ice cream is prepared, gently fold in ⅔ cup of mini chocolate chips or finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate.
- Peanut butter cup: Melt 1 cup (250 grams) of creamy peanut butter in the microwave and whisk it into the sweetened condensed milk mixture. The mixture will be pretty thick, so use your electric mixer to mix in the whipped cream if needed. Chop 10 regular peanut butter cups (or roughly chop 1 heaping cup of miniature peanut butter cups) and fold them into the ice cream.
- Oreo: Chop 16 regular or double stuf Oreos and fold them into the ice cream.