Homemade Ice Cream

Ingredients:

 

2 cups 2% milk

2 cups heavy cream

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

Ice Cream Salt

Ice

In a large bowl, stir together the milk, heavy whipping cream, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until the sugar has dissolved.  Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and after about 20 minutes of churning add any extra goodies (chocolate chips, pistachios, fruit, etc...)  We have the Original Aroma Ice Cream maker and it takes between 30-40 minutes to make ice cream.  Just follow the instruction manual for your specific machine. 

 

The best thing about this recipe is that you can change flavors by using different extracts.  We love making Mint Chocolate Chip and we just add a 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract and some mini chocolate chips.  It is that easy!  Not only is it tasty, but it is a fun activity for the kids to do.  They like using the hand crank and churning the ice cream themselves.