Homemade Ice Cream

June 12, 2009

I love ice cream.

I love to make ice cream.

Back in Febraury, I shared an awesome recipe for homemade ice cream, Philadelphia-style, but there are a lot of possible variations that I failed to mention.

Do you know what Philadelphia style ice cream means? It is easy. Philadelphia style ice cream has no eggs and requires no cooking. It’s most simply cream and sugar with flavorings added. This is different from custard style ice cream, which is cooked slowly and contains eggs. It’s a much heartier ice cream, but requires considerably more work.

Wendy’s Philadelphia-Style Vanilla Ice Cream

2 cups of heavy cream
1 cup of whole milk
2/3 cup sugar
Dash of salt
1 tablespoon of vanilla – I use Mexican vanilla that we bought on our honeymoon, so I use half that amount.

Mix all ingredients together.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes or longer.
Mix in your ice cream maker as directed.
If you use the ice cream right out of the machine, it will have a soft serve consistency. For harder ice cream, put it into an airtight container and freeze overnight.

Other flavors of homemade ice cream

Once you have a basic recipe like this one, it’s easy to make a variety of flavors.

For fruit-flavored ice cream, I add fresh fruit. You can use strawberries, cherries, peaches, pineapple, bananas… you’re really limited only by your imagination.

For a fruit and cream consistency – Mash fruit coarsely with a fork. Add 1 1/2 cups of mashed fruit in step one. Proceed as directed.
For a homogeneously fruity consistency – Puree fruit in the blender. Add 1 cup of pureed fruit in step one. Proceed as directed.

For chocolate ice cream, you have a lot of options. When making chocolate ice cream, I cut the vanilla in half.

Chocolate syrup – Add 1/3 to 2/3 cup of syrup in step one
Melted chocolate - Melt a couple of handfuls of chocolate chips with a few tablespoons of heavy cream. Add in step one. In step two, refrigerate until well chilled. It may take a couple of hours.
Cocoa powder – Mix 1/2 cup cocoa powder in step one. Taste for sweetness, you may need to add extra sugar.

For other flavors, you can experiment with liquors or flavor extracts. Be careful to use only a tablespoon at a time, and do a lot of tasting.

I’d love to hear what you’re making!

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# 12 June 2009 at 3:59 pm

9to5to9 said:

No eggs? Did you say NO EGGS?! OMG, yes you did! I love you, love you, love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We’re egg allergic, and so far I’ve been able to find only one ice cream recipe that works. It’s a bit more complicated than this. I think I’ll have to try yours this weekend.

Oh, happy day!

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# 12 June 2009 at 8:14 pm

Amy @ Finer Things said:

Homemade ice cream is certainly one of the Finer Things of summer! I finished up a batch of strawberry vanilla just last night.

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# 14 June 2009 at 6:35 pm

Stacie said:

This sounds good. I have never made ice cream at home before. I was given an ice cream machine. I want to try sometime this summer.

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# 15 June 2009 at 8:21 am

Liz@HoosierHomemade said:

Yum! I wish I had an ice cream maker, I think I need to put one on my wish list.
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz

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# 15 June 2009 at 8:42 am

Anissa said:

Yummy — I love homemade ice cream.
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# 15 June 2009 at 11:59 am

Sharinskishe said:

Awesome. I have not made homemade Ice cream in ages- that means years and years and years! I love it, but just have not done it. Your post is making me rethink my lack of doing it.

Now to find the ice cream maker!

Thanks for sharing.

# 15 June 2009 at 1:32 pm

Tara said:

Oh neat a new recipe for ice cream!!! Thanks

# 15 June 2009 at 2:52 pm

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# 15 June 2009 at 3:20 pm

Ann Kroeker said:

I melt when I think of homemade ice cream! mmmmmmmm….

I gave away a free ice cream maker to a friend one time. Could kick myself.

Now I just show up at their house from time to time and hope that they serve it!

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# 15 June 2009 at 3:26 pm

Lisa@Blessedwithgrace said:

I love homemade ice cream. It always makes me think of my childhood and summertime. Thanks for the recipe and linking up to TMTT.

# 15 June 2009 at 10:16 pm

Brenda said:

Looks delicious. We love ice cream too

# 16 June 2009 at 12:00 am

Sherry said:

Oh, yum! I’m always looking for new recipes for ice cream. I’m making out my grocery list now.

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# 16 June 2009 at 6:06 am

zoe said:

I have a fantastic recipe for pomegranate ice cream that doesn’t need an ice cream maker or to have crystals broken up, etc. Mix and freeze until solid.

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# 16 June 2009 at 6:07 am

Faith said:

I don’t eat eggs (or meat) so I’m happy to see an ice cream recipe that doesn’t have eggs! Thanks for this!

# 16 June 2009 at 7:44 am

Bonnie said:

Bookmarking this page. I want to get an icecream maker soooo bad but it’s not in the budget right now…soon very soon.

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# 16 June 2009 at 8:37 am

Angela said:

I took a cooking class once and someone brought in coconut ice cream which they made with coconut milk. It was delicious, and I’m not even a big fan of coconut. Thanks for the great tips.

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# 16 June 2009 at 8:40 am

Snow White said:

yum. I LOVE ice cream and make all of ours homemade. Your vanilla is rather similar to mine, and it’s delicious.

Sometimes I add in cake mix for a cake-batter ice cream!

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# 16 June 2009 at 9:13 am

Amy O'Neal said:

I want to come have a scoop… or two!

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# 16 June 2009 at 9:33 am

pamela said:

yummm I love ice cream sounds amazing

# 16 June 2009 at 9:49 am

Audrey said:

I have never made ice cream before. I’m not even sure I’ve ever tasted home made ice cream. How does it differ from store bought?

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# 16 June 2009 at 10:29 am

Susie's Homemade said:

What a yummy tackle!!

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# 16 June 2009 at 11:02 am

Jenna @ Newlyweds said:

Love a recipe like this. I’ve made one very similar and it’s so good.

Here is the link if your interested.
http://newlyweds.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/daring-bakers-chocolate-valentino-vanilla-ice-cream/

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# 16 June 2009 at 2:03 pm

astrid said:

I did an ice cream post too! We’re loving our homemade ice cream…it’s so easy to make!

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# 16 June 2009 at 2:09 pm

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# 19 June 2009 at 12:49 pm

Stacy said:

Thanks for the recipe. We’re planning on getting an ice cream maker soon, so I hope to put it to good use. I noticed you have a Rival ice cream maker, does it work well for you?

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# 20 June 2009 at 11:13 pm

Tara (author) said:

Stacy – It does work well. I’ve never had a problem with it, and I’ve had it almost ten years. I do wish I had a bigger one because I have to make multiple batches if company is coming. Aside from that, though, I’ve never had any complaints with it.

# 21 June 2009 at 7:06 am

ExtraordinaryMommy said:

Funny to think I have never made homemade ice cream – definitley put it on my summer to do list!

# 23 June 2009 at 9:34 pm

The Desperate Cook said:

What a great recipe, and no eggs….I am going to give this a try.

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# 30 June 2009 at 2:59 pm

gomezparkinson said:

I got an ice cream maker last summer as a housewarming gift. Finally used it last week. Basically followed this recipe without even knowing it, and I’m from Philadelphia, too! I used two cups cream, one banana, a huge glop of natural peanut butter, vanilla extract and a few tablespoons of honey instead of sugar. It turned out great. Made a quart. I’ll be making strawberry banana tomorrow. It’s easy!

# 18 July 2009 at 11:24 am

angie said:

my mother loves homemade ice cream I never have to much success with it but I am going to try again using this recipe
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# 2 August 2009 at 4:02 pm

Kira said:

We made this over this past Christmas break – and it was delicious! I pulled out, and dusted off my old Donvier (that I think is at least 20 years old) and made it with my kids. I set about half the batch of vanilla to the side and mixed in crushed candy canes to see if it would pass for peppermint – it was awesome! I look forward to trying more recipes – fun and easy to do with kids.

# 3 January 2010 at 4:29 pm

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