The creamy texture tastes better than any gourmet branded ice cream I was truly shocked.
You can even make other adult versions using our homemade Amaretto or Baileys or Kahlua just make plain vanilla and pour it over the top.
Everyone enjoys homemade ice cream all year long but it sure is a simple dessert when it's no-churn and mixed in minutes!
I just love simple easy recipes like this one it takes from mixing to freezer around 5 hours total time.
For all our suggestions and flavors, just scroll down to the printable recipe card for this super easy recipe.
This so super yummy you will never ever miss the supermarket or ice cream shop brands!
Simple to Make
I just love making different flavored ice creams and this one has proven to be the best ever for simplicity.
It's so rich and creamy, you'll impress yourself, and without using an ice cream machine!
Everyone thinks it's an expensive gourmet ice cream and will ask you for your recipe so get ready to print it off below.
This is truly the easiest ice cream you'll ever make.
Ingredients for No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe and Tools
- Heavy cream
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Amaretto Liquor, almond extract, or pure vanilla extract
- Toasted Almonds
- Mini chocolate chips
- Optional: nuts of any kind, hot fudge sauce if you want a swirl or other ice cream toppings of choice
- see additional suggestions for other flavors to make
- tools needed: electric beater to whip the heavy cream, a spatula or spoon to combine ingredients, a freezer container, and a freezer to store it in
Other Additional Flavor Suggestions
- Cookies and Cream: crumbled cookies of any kind and your favorite extracts
- Tiramisu: ladyfingers, Kahlua or coffee-flavored extract, mini chocolate chips
- Pina colada pineapple, coconut, white rum, or rum flavoring
- Peanut butter: peanut butter cups chopped or chips, mini chocolate chips and crumbled nutter butter cookies
- Fruits of choice chopped IE strawberries, peaches, bing cherries, raspberries, etc and extracts of choice
- Chopped pecans and butter pecan extract or pralines
- Funfetti and vanilla extract
- Maple flavoring, walnuts, and crumbled crispy bacon
- Chocolate chunks, mini marshmallows, and nuts of choice
- Plain vanilla and pour your favorite liquors over the top for an adult ice cream treat
- Pistachio: pistachio nuts, almond extract, or Amaretto flavoring (optional mini chocolate chips)
- Orange or Lemon extracts with zests
- Banana Split Ice Cream: chopped maraschino cherries, chopped bananas, mini chocolate chips, drained crushed pineapple, nuts are optional
- Set up an ice cream station with all kinds of topping and just make plain vanilla ice cream and let them build their own sundae
- This recipe can be doubled
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Ice Cream Creations
I am quite sure just about everyone has a favorite flavor, and this is the perfect basic recipe for someone wanting homemade delicious creamy ice cream made easy.
Once you see how simple this is plus over-the-top addicting in flavor you will wonder why you haven't tried using this style no-churn ice cream recipe.
One other tip, you can separate a little of each in individual containers and add whatever your family likes in it.
I usually make little containers of chocolate chip, diced strawberry, and chopped bananas with chocolate fudge and that make the whole family happy!
Get creative and I can't wait to hear what new recipes you've come up with in the comments.
Amaretto No Churn Ice Cream
Yield: 8
Prep time: 5 MinInactive time: 5 HourTotal time: 5 H & 5 M
A creamy basic frozen ice cream no-churn made with a few ingredients and can be transformed into any flavor you like easily!
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons Amaretto, almond extract or pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 toasted almonds or whatever nuts you prefer ( macadamia nuts and pistachio also go great in this ice cream)
- pinch of salt
- Fruits: 1 cup diced fresh or dried
- Candy: 1 cup chopped your favorite
- Nuts: 1/2 cup chopped any kinds
- See below for combination suggestions
Instructions
- Whip the two cups of heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks
- Note: do not overbeat or you will end up with butter.
- Set the beaters to slow speed and pour in the sweetened condensed milk until evenly blended together.
- Pour into a freezer container and freeze for at least two hours.
- You can make individual serving containers for several different flavors also.
- Stir the mixture again adding the Amaretto or vanilla and a pinch of salt then evenly blend together.
- For Amaretto: add 1/2 cup toasted almonds and 2 teaspoons almond extract or Amaretto Liqueur. and we added 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips for this recipe shown.
- Making Other Flavors:
- Make Vanilla Basic Ice Cream using just vanilla then with additions below:
- Fold in any other desired ingredients (IE candy, fruits, nuts, etc) and flavors for the ice cream you prefer after the two hours of freezing.
- Other Flavor Combinations and Suggestions:
- Cookies and Cream: crumbled cookies of any kind and your favorite extracts
- Tiramisu: chopped ladyfingers, 2 tablespoons Kahlua or 1 tablespoon of coffee-flavored extract, mini chocolate chips
- Pina colada: pineapple, shredded coconut, white rum, or rum flavoring
- Peanut butter cookies and cream: peanut butter cups chopped or chips, mini chocolate chips, and crumbled nutter butter cookies
- Fruits of choice chopped IE strawberries, peaches, bing cherries, raspberries, etc and extracts of choice
- Chopped pecans and butter pecan extract or pralines
- Funfetti and vanilla extract
- Maple flavoring, walnuts, and crumbled crispy bacon
- Chocolate chunks, mini marshmallows, and nuts of choice
- Plain vanilla and pour your favorite liquors over the top for an adult ice cream treat
- Pistachio: pistachio nuts, almond extract, or Amaretto flavoring (optional mini chocolate chips)
- Orange or Lemon extracts with zests
- Banana Split Ice Cream: chopped maraschino cherries, chopped bananas, mini chocolate chips, drained crushed pineapple, nuts are optional
Calories
245.60Fat (grams)
23.84Sat. Fat (grams)
14.28Carbs (grams)
5.53Fiber (grams)
0.26Net carbs
5.27Sugar (grams)
5.02Protein (grams)
2.80Sodium (milligrams)
48.89Cholesterol (grams)
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Also, Try Our Favorite Ice Recipes:
Italian Lemon Ice
Chocolate or Vanilla Old Fashioned Ice Milk
Watermelon Granita
Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2014. It was edited and re-published in 2021.