Okay so for my first post I’m going to talk about my most recent venture. Yesterday I saw a recipe on Pinterest that claimed this was the best homemade ice cream that was super simple and only 3 ingredients. First, the ingredients are heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract. I thought simple enough! And for the most part it is. I went to the store to grab the ingredients I thought for 3 ingredients this would be pretty inexpensive, I was kind of wrong. The 3 ingredients cost around $15 but then I decided that I should add a little something to the vanilla ice cream because I have a picky ice cream eater in the house so I got some reeses chips that cost around $4 so I’m roughly $20 in this ice cream making adventure and I get home to start making it.
Obviously, with only 3 ingredients it’s super simple to measure and pour out the ingredients in the mixing bowl and start mixing! I’m not sophisticated enough yet to get a fancy schmancy stand mixer so I got out my trusty old Betty Crocker hand mixer and got to mixing. The recipe says that it takes about 3-5 minutes to mix to firm hard peaks…WRONG. With my trusty old hand mixer I found myself going past 5 minutes, 8 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes and FINALLY at 20 minutes I had the firm peaks forming. Once I was done with the forever mixing I added 1 cup reeses chips and then sprinkled a few on top and put in the freezer…in about 8 hours you will have easy ice cream….good luck at trying to wait and NOT test it…we failed miserably at this as we went in every few hours to “check” on it to see if it was forming properly LOL After this short adventure I will say today when I got home by George I had ice cream and it’s really tasty.
It’s a rich, thick creamy ice cream that is NOT for the person that’s watching what they eat. Below is the recipe and personal photo. I’d suggest you can pretty much add anything to this recipe just as I did such as M&M’s, crushed candy bar, chocolate syrup, fruit, etc. Verdict is still out about whether or not the cost to make the ice cream is worth the effort when you can buy ice cream at the store for around 3 or 4 dollars depending on the brand.
Ingredients
- 2 cup(s) heavy cream
- 1 can(s) (14-ounce) sweetened condensed milk
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat the heavy cream, condensed milk, and vanilla in a large bowl until thick, stiff peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf pan or freezer-safe container, cover and freeze until firm, at least 8 hours and up to 2 weeks.
Nutritional Information
(per serving) makes 12 servings
| Calories | 246 |
| Total Fat | 18g |
| Saturated Fat | 11g |
| Cholesterol | 66mg |
| Sodium | 57mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 19g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 |
| Sugars | — |
| Protein | 3g |
| Calcium | — |
Read more: http://www.womansday.com/recipefinder/vanilla-ice-cream-recipe-wdy0812
testing n tasting 