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Two Ingredient Ice Cream {No Machine Required!}

5 from 23 votes
This easy ice cream has only two main ingredients and doesn’t require an ice cream maker. If you happen to have one, though, there are instructions included for that as well.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 8 hours
Servings12 1/2 Cup Servings (estimate)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 14 oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 1 tablespoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Pour can of sweetened condensed milk into a large mixing bowl and whisk in vanilla. Set aside.
  • Pour whipping cream into a separate bowl or stand mixer and whip until medium peaks form. 
  • Take one large spoonful of whipping cream and stir it into the sweetened condensed milk mixture vigourously until smooth. This should lighten your mixture so you can now gently fold in the remaining whipping cream in additions.
  • Add the remaining cream to the sweetened condensed milk mixture in 3 additions, gently folding in each time until mixture is smooth.
  • At this point you can stir in additions if you like, or you can layer them into your container by placing a layer of ice cream mixture, then swirling in some toppings, then layering in more ice cream mixture, etc. until you use all of your base mixture.
  • Pour into container and freeze for at least 6-8 hours or until firm.

Notes

    • Store your finished ice cream in an airtight container in the freezer and eat at your leisure.
    • Experiment with different flavors- we love crushed Oreos, mashed banana, fresh strawberry, cinnamon-graham cracker with apple pie filling, peanut butter banana with chocolate chips, Nutella, you can’t really go wrong here, folks! Good ol’ fashioned caramel from a jar works just fine too.
 
Ice Cream Machine Instructions
Combine 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 2 cups heavy whipping cream (not whipped), 2 cups half and half or whole milk, and 2 tablespoons vanilla extract until smooth.  Process in your ice cream machine as directed and freeze to help set up.  this makes a large batch so you may need to process 2 batches separately depending on the size of your ice cream machine. 

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup, Calories: 244kcal, Carbohydrates: 19g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 17g, Saturated Fat: 11g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 56mg, Sodium: 53mg, Potassium: 162mg, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 671IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 120mg, Iron: 0.1mg
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Keyword: two ingredient ice cream
Calories: 244kcal
Author: Our Best Bites
Cost: 6
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