This recipe is very simple, has 2 basic ingredients and then any flavorings or additions you wish to add, and does NOT require an ice cream maker.
Here is the base recipe:
1 pint of whipping cream
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
Yes that is it...anything else you add is about flavor and additions
Start with the pint of whipping cream, I used a stand mixer but you can also use an electric mixer.
Pour the entire container into your bowl of your mixer.
This is so simple that even the little ones can help...here is my helper today. She did the majority of the work while I supervised, opened the necessary items, and told her what to put in and when.
Then whip it until stiff peaks form.
This is what stiff peaks should look like...the peak is stiff and retains it shape when the mixer head is picked up. I knew I needed to take it just a little further so I continued to mix it for about a minute after wards until it looked like this...
Don't forget to scrape down your work bowl every once in a while to get the bottom since some mixers tend to miss this area.
I always remove the attachment before doing this to prevent me (or my daughter) from getting the mixture all over your hands when you are trying to get around it.
Then I switched to my paddle attachment and we poured in the sweetened condensed milk and mixed just enough to incorporate. If you are using an electric mixer, you may want to use a spatula to fold this into the whipped cream. Do this gently so that you don't lose the fluffiness from whipping the cream.
Once the sweetened condensed milk is incorporated, now it is time to flavor your ice cream base. Here we added chocolate syrup and chocolate chips. We added about 2 tablespoons of the syrup and then I dumped in the half bag of chips we had.
I stirred the chocolate syrup in first, just until incorporated, then stirred the chocolate chips in. Stir only a few times when adding in chips to keep the beaters from tearing apart your chocolate chips. From here, I poured/spooned the mixture into a container that has a lid.
Then cover the container and put it in the freezer. If you like soft serve, check it after about 4 hours, if you like your ice cream firm, then wait at least 6. I put mine in my deep freezer, but I put it in the basket of the deep freezer so it wasn't touching any other frozen item so even after over 12 hours in the freezer, our ice cream was still on the soft side.
Let me just say that describing the ice cream was not easy. It is very rich, creamy, and tastes amazing. My daughter said we should make this all the time, though I admit that it was so rich neither of us could finish the two scoops we each had in our bowls. I did squirt extra syrup in the mixture so that with the dark chocolate chips made it super chocolatey (is that a word?) and the rich, full, flavor told me I could of used just the 2 tablespoons and that would of been fine.
Now the joys of this mixture is easy to explain. It is yours, the flavors are yours, and the flavors are customizable (just like my products, lol, sorry couldn't resist). The flavor combinations or choices are endless. Here are some examples:
any flavored liquid creamer
peanut butter & stir in chopped up pieces of peanut butter cups
Bailey's Irish Cream
any flavored coffee syrup (example caramel, then swirl in caramel ice cream topping)
any syrup flavoring for milk (example, chocolate or strawberry syrup)
extracts
candy pieces
The fun part is the flavor options are endless based on your preference. I would stick with keeping the liquid flavorings to about 2 tablespoons (or it can be too rich and sweet, like ours was by a bit), and then gently stir in what ever solid additions you want in. If you are using extracts, you may want to stick with about a teaspoon of that (this you may have to play with and test out since I didn't add any extracts to mine, but they tend to be strong when added to food items, think cookies since only a small amount is needed to add flavor).
Happy ice cream making...don't forget to let me know how your ice cream turned out along with what your favorite flavors were.
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