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Homemade Ice Cream

published by Jo Oliver on Jun 5, 2009

This is the basic homemade vanilla ice cream recipe. It will yield 15 servings. After you see how to make the basic vanilla, you can start experimenting with your favorite flavors and add-ins.

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 Tbsp of pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 3 cans of 8oz evaporated milk
  • ½ gallon of whole milk
  • 2 bags of ice cubes
  • 1 box of rock salt (ice cream salt)

There are several options for ice cream freezers. You can pay anywhere from $20.00 to $1000.00 for an ice cream freezer. It all depends on what best suits your needs. However, I think that the best ice cream comes from either a manual hand turned ice cream freezer or a self contained electric ice cream freezer. You really do not have to buy a fancy one, like the last picture, to get great ice cream.

Method

  1. Beat eggs in large bowl. 
  2. Beat in sugar. 
  3. Beat in milk. 
  4. Pour mixture into a double boiler and cook on medium low heat for about 25 minutes; stir periodically to prevent sticking or lumping. * Consistency should be thick and smooth.
  5. Set aside and let mixture come back to room temp- about 1 hour.
  6. Pour ice cream mixture into ice cream cylinder, filling up to “fill line.”
  7. Place the top on the cylinder and place the cylinder inside the ice cream freezer.
  8. Evenly spread 3 cups of ice between the bucket and the cylinder.
  9. Sprinkle ½ cup of rock salt over ice layer.
  10. Repeat ice and salt layers until you reach the ice “fill line.”
  11. Lock on the ice cream freezer lid and start the machine.
  12. You might need to add more ice and salt periodically as it melts away.
  13. If the freezer is electric, it will turn off automatically when the ice cream is frozen.
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Serve and enjoy!

Of course, you can now experiment with your favorite add-ins. Just be sure that the add-in is chilled or frozen before you add it to the ice cream mixture.

Fruity Ice Cream

Just add 16 oz of frozen strawberries after you have put the ice cream mixture into the cylinder. You can also do this with any other frozen fruit: blackberries, peaches, mango, blueberry, etc..

Cookie Ice Cream

Add ½ package of chilled and semi crushed cookies to the ice cream mixture as you place in cylinder.

Candy Bar Ice Cream

Rough chop your favorite frozen candy bar into the mixture as you place it into the cylinder.

28 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. # 1 by Ramalingam
    June 5th, 2009 at 6:03 am #

    Easy to follow tips to prepare home made ice cream.Thank you

  2. # 2 by clay hurtubise
    June 5th, 2009 at 6:03 am #

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, ice cream!
    Thanks, now I’m salivating over the keyboard!
    Clay

  3. # 3 by nobert soloria bermosa
    June 5th, 2009 at 6:27 am #

    certainly good,the number 1 flavor in the world

  4. # 4 by DA Cournean
    June 5th, 2009 at 6:58 am #

    I wonder if you can do this without a machine? Good recipe!

  5. # 5 by Joe Dorish
    June 5th, 2009 at 8:56 am #

    Sounds too good, there goes my diet.

  6. # 6 by Uma Shankari
    June 5th, 2009 at 10:09 am #

    Good.

  7. # 7 by Goodselfme
    June 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am #

    This Homemade ice cream recipe sounds wonderful.TX

  8. # 8 by Melody SJAL
    June 5th, 2009 at 11:06 am #

    Hmmm…yummy. I love ice cream so much.

  9. # 9 by kate smedley
    June 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm #

    Homemade ice cream is heaven, great recipe!

  10. # 10 by Theresa Johnson
    June 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm #

    sounds delicious.

  11. # 11 by IVAN
    June 5th, 2009 at 12:57 pm #

    Great recipe. I love homemade ice cream. It may take longer and be more work, but the handchurned (manual) ice cream just always taste better!

  12. # 12 by Brenda Nelson
    June 5th, 2009 at 2:50 pm #

    sounds good but when I want icecream I want it NOW.. I am too lazy to make it. Still, this is well put together for those who are not as lazy as me when it comes to ice cream.

  13. # 13 by Mark Gordon Brown
    June 5th, 2009 at 2:54 pm #

    We got ice cream makers at work that look like balls, you put the ingredients in then roll and play with it until it makes icecream, good for kids that way, keeps them busy.

  14. # 14 by Poetic Enigma
    June 5th, 2009 at 4:17 pm #

    Sounds great, havent had icecream in a while.
    My grandmother has one of the machines,
    may have to try it sometime (=

  15. # 15 by Gon pincha
    June 5th, 2009 at 5:41 pm #

    Woow. Sounds delicious!
    Well done :)
    Love, Gon

  16. # 16 by valli
    June 5th, 2009 at 8:31 pm #

    Sounds delicious!

  17. # 17 by Ruby Hawk
    June 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm #

    mmmmmmm, makes me hungry for ice cream My ice cream freezer is one of those that has a center that you freeze, pop it in the container and plug to power. I will have to get it out and try your recipe.

  18. # 18 by M J katz
    June 7th, 2009 at 12:19 am #

    This sound interesting! I’ve never made homemade icecream before because I’ve heard how time-consuming it is…but this recipe doesn’t seem too hard…. :)

  19. # 19 by NA Staffieri
    June 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pm #

    My favorite summer treat. I’d have to add chocolate, of course. Thanks, Jo Oliver.

  20. # 20 by CHAN LEE PENG
    June 8th, 2009 at 12:47 am #

    Yummy recipe. I wish to make one too…:-)

  21. # 21 by Garfield
    June 9th, 2009 at 11:31 am #

    I might actually try this, I live in the UK and I can honestly say that i have never spotted an ice cream freezer anywhere!
    I’m sure I can hunt one down though to try this recipe, thanks for the useful post.

  22. # 22 by irishpen
    June 13th, 2009 at 1:51 pm #

    My grandpa used to make homemade icecream–brings back memories!! Thanks!!

    ~peace~

  23. # 23 by Chris Stonecipher
    July 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

    I love homemade ice cream. I will try this soon. Stumbled this and added to to my Google bookmarks.

  24. # 24 by Chris Stonecipher
    July 12th, 2009 at 5:59 pm #

    Stumbled/Reviewed, Googled, and Blogged on http://christonecipher-friends.blogspot.com

  25. # 25 by Sarah B.
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am #

    i LOVE ice cream! maybe i can use this recipe…

  26. # 26 by hfj
    July 28th, 2009 at 9:31 am #

    You are talking my language Jo. I love homemade ice cream. Nice recipe.

  27. # 27 by T.Rex McGoogle
    September 16th, 2009 at 2:47 pm #

    Sounds like a good ice cream recipe.
    Thank you so much for going to so much trouble.

    cheers,

    T.Rex

  28. # 28 by Cowabunga Ice Cream
    April 2nd, 2011 at 7:22 am #

    Wow!!!awesome….article.
    I wanted to make some homemade ice cream using a recipe by the Barefoot Contessa from food network blog but the recipe required Cognac, and this being Arkansas the liquor stores weren’t open on a Sunday. After a little searching on the internet, i see this blog found a recipe for Homemade Ice Cream. Not only did the recipe reviewers think the recipe was the best Homemade Ice Cream recipe, they thought it was the best ice cream recipe, i found.
    Thanks for this recipe….and such a great blog.

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