Only Two Steps to Homemade Ice Cream!!

Did you know you can make ice cream at home?
I was surprised at how easy it is, and it was really fun to be able to make any kind I want.


I used the ice cream attachment for my Kitchenaid, but you can also do it in a regular mixer.


1 pint heavy cream
14oz can sweetened condensed milk

Step 1: Pour both into the ice cream maker and blend according to mixer directions.

Or use a regular mixer, and beat on high until stiff peaks form. 

This will make soft-serve ice cream.

Step 2: For hard ice cream, spoon into plastic container and freeze at least 4 hours.

Thats it, just those two steps to make sweet cream ice cream. 

For flavored ice creams: during the mixing stage, add 2 teaspoons vanilla or other extracts, or 2 tablespoons chocolate, coffee, maple, or other syrups.

Gently fold in fruit or nuts or chocolate chips or other goodies just after mixing. 

I used apple pieces and cinnamon in the batch pictured.


It is really yummy, and doesn't have all the chemical additives of store-bought brands.

I tried several other recipes that had more ingredients, but none of them made a better texture than this one, and the ones that use milk come out kinda crunchy with ice crystals.

2 Ingredient Shortcake!

The awesome part is that one of the ingredients is ICE CREAM!  you can use any kind you like, which opens up a lot of opportunities for different flavor combinations.


You will need:

4 c. softened ice cream
3 c. all purpose flour

Mix together, spread in greased pan.

The dough doesn't rise, so the finished product will look the same as it does before baking.



This quantity will make one 8x8 baking pan, one loaf pan, or 12 muffins.


Bake 350F.
30 minutes if loaf or baking pan.
18 minutes if muffins.


Turn out onto wire rack to cool.



Don't use bread flour - comes out sticky.

DO use ice cream with fruit or nuts, or mix some in with the flour.

Serve as you would any shortcake, topped with ice cream, fruit, whipped cream, maybe even a cherry...