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To beat the heat I decided to make no-churn vanilla ice cream!

No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream is super delicious and easy to make! It is soft and creamy homemade vanilla ice cream made in just a few minutes with no ice cream maker required! You just need to be patient for the required freeze time.

“In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day.” This is a holiday that I can definitely support!

If you love ice cream like I do, you may also like my Easy Peach Ice Cream recipe.

By now, I think most of us can say that we are sick of the heatwave this summer. I can’t remember a hotter summer. The last time our heat was below 90º was all the way back in May.

I decided that we needed a cool dessert to take the edge off. Any excuse to make ice cream, right? LOL

This is a great recipe because you don’t need an ice cream maker or fancy machine. I do own a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker, but for vanilla ice cream, this is so much easier.

This is what it looked like right before I popped it into the freezer.

No-churn Vanilla Ice Cream

Name: No-churn Vanilla Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 5 h 10 min
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy whipping cream; 1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

No-Churn Ice Cream is soft and creamy homemade ice cream made in just a few minutes with no ice cream maker required!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 5 hours

Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

Place a 9x5 inch loaf pan in the freezer.
In the bowl of a stand mixer add the heavy whipping cream. Start mixing on low and then increasing to medium speed. The cream will begin to thicken and start to peak.
Now, mix on high until the cream is thick and stiff. Do NOT over-mix.
In a separate, medium bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, salt, and 1 cup of whipped cream.
Gently mix the sweetened condensed milk mixture back into the mixing bowl with the rest of the whipped cream.
Carefully pour the ice cream mixture into the chilled pan and freeze for at least 5 hours, or until fully set up, before serving.

Notes

When mixing the heavy whipping cream, be sure to carefully watch the consistency as it thickens. It can turn into butter very quickly if you over-mix the cream.

After just five hours it was ready to serve.

Fun additions to no-churn vanilla ice cream

crushed cookies
chocolate chips
caramel sauce or chocolate sauce
strawberries or other fruit
gummy candies
crunchy cereal

Honey Bee declared it a triumph. Well…what he really said was that it was delicious! LOL I full-heartedly agree. This ice cream is not overly sweet and is perfectly creamy.

Are you sure?

Be sure to double-check your ingredients. Please make sure that you are using condensed milk -which is thick and sweet, not evaporated milk. I know of someone that did this with a Thanksgiving pie one year. Trust me – the results were not successful. LOL

Do not over-whip the heavy whipping cream. It can quickly turn to butter. Fold in the whipped cream gently so it doesn’t deflate; it helps make the ice cream fluffier.

The hardest part is being patient enough for the freeze time. This will vary depending on the size of your container and the capacity of your freezer. A loaf pan will take about 5 to 7 hours.