These homemade ice cream recipes use an ice cream machine. Kids can help measure ingredients, stir mixtures, add flavorings, and choose toppings. Adults should handle stovetop cooking and the ice cream machine setup.
Vanilla Ice Cream
This classic vanilla ice cream recipe makes a creamy homemade dessert using eggs, milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 cups milk
- 1 3/4 cups cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
- Stir eggs, sugar, and milk together in a saucepan.
- Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, for 8–10 minutes until mixture begins to thicken.
- Remove from heat and allow mixture to cool.
- In a separate bowl, stir cream and vanilla together.
- Pour cream mixture into the cooled milk mixture.
- Chill several hours.
- Run mixture through an ice cream machine according to machine directions.
- Store ice cream in a plastic container in the freezer.
Turn the vanilla ice cream recipe into chocolate ice cream by adding 1/4 cup cocoa powder to the milk mixture.
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