Homemade ice cream is delicious and quite easy to make – if you are using an electric ice cream maker that is. Growing up, our ice cream maker was the hand-crank type which seemed to take forever to make. While hand cranking, I often wondered if the end treat was worth the trouble… But when I am eating the homemade ice cream, it is totally worth it!
Ingredients Needed:
1 cups heavy whipping cream
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
¼ tsp. salt
Important! This recipe was made using a gel-based automatic ice cream maker. It requires you to pre-freeze the canister for several hours prior to making ice cream.
Directions:
Add the whipping cream, half-and-half, eggs, salt sugar and vanilla to a large bowl.
Using a whisk or electric mixer, beat until well blended.
Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour or overnight, if making ahead.
Follow your ice cream maker’s instructions for churning time. Ours needed to churn in the pre-frozen canister for about 25 minutes.
Makes about 1 ½ quarts of ice cream. Enjoy!
