Hi, all! Happy summer! I hope that you’ve been able to enjoy the beginnings of summer despite the ongoing craziness of Coronavirus and whatnot. Things have been fairly quiet at my house, but I’ve been taking that opportunity to make yummy food and desserts! This recipe that I’m going to share today is perfect for right now- ice cream that you can make right at home, and you don’t even need an ice cream machine! It only takes a couple ingredients and takes hardly any time to whip up. Here’s how you make it!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1, 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp flavoring extract of your choice (I used vanilla extract)
• Whatever toppings or mix-ins you want!

First, empty the can of sweetened condensed milk into a bowl.

Next, pour the heavy cream into a separate large bowl. Using a hand mixer (or a whisk and some elbow grease if you’re feeling strong), whip the cream until stiff peaks form. You should be able to lift the beaters out of the cream and have peaks stay straight up in the air, without folding back over or sinking into the cream.

Fold a small amount of the whipped cream into the sweetened condensed milk to lighten the milk. This helps make it easier to fold the rest of the cream in.

Now, add the rest of the whipped cream and your chosen flavor extract to the condensed milk and fold gently until fully combined.

Now it’s time to stir in whatever mix-ins you want! I used chocolate sprinkles (we call them jimmies around here), chocolate chips, and some leftover chocolate-chocolate chip cookie dough that I had in the freezer from when I baked cookies. You could also do:

• Mint chocolate chip (mint extract with chocolate chips mixed in)
• Coconut almond (almond extract with sweetened coconut)
• Heavenly hash (almond extract with nuts and chocolate chips)
• Candy bar (vanilla extract with pieces of your favorite candy bar)
• Peanut butter cup (vanilla extract with fudge swirled through and peanut butter cups mixed in)
• Any other combo you think up!

Now, just spoon the mixture into a freezer-safe container and let it freeze for several hours, preferably overnight. Once it’s frozen, it’s ready to go!

And that’s it! Super quick, super easy, and definitely delicious! Happy baking!