Easy Homemade Ice Cream With Just 4 Ingredients | Chowhound at Home

Summer in quarantine is upon us, and Guillermo (Chowhound senior video producer) is here to show you how to make ice cream at home in a few minutes, without a machine or eggs. All you need is 4 ingredients you already have in your pantry, and a mason jar. Watch as Guillermo whips up a classic vanilla ice cream, a mint chocolate chip ice cream and a specialty balsamic, berries and pepper treat. Scroll down for the recipes!

Mason Jar Ice Cream Recipe:
You need a 16oz Mason Jar with a lid

Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
1 ½ tbsp granulated sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a mason jar and close.
Shake the mason jar for 3-5 minutes (depending on your strength and speed), until the cream thickens and almost doubles in size. Mixture should be able to easily coat the back of a spoon, and feels like a loose batter.
Freeze the jar for at least 3 hours, or until ice cream hardens. Scoop and serve with your favorite ice cream toppings.

To upgrade your ice cream:

Strawberry Balsamic Ice Cream with Black Pepper
You need a 16oz Mason Jar with a lid

Ingredients:
½ cup sliced strawberries
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp cup balsamic vinegar
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 400º
Combine strawberries with honey in a bowl until coated, and spread evenly in a baking sheet. Roast uncovered for 15 minutes at 400º stirring once. Let the strawberries cool before mixing with your ice cream base.
(If you don’t want strawberry chunks in your ice cream, you can take this a step further and puree in your blender or food processor after letting them cool.)

Follow mason jar vanilla ice cream recipe to make the base.
Before freezing, in a mixing bowl combine your ice cream base with the roasted strawberries, the vinegar and the ground pepper. Mix to combine and pour into the mason jar.
Let ice cream harden in the freezer for about 3 hours before serving.

Mason Jar Mint Chip Ice Cream
You need a 16oz Mason Jar with a lid

Ingredients:
½ cup mint steeped and cooled heavy cream (directions below)
½ cup heavy cream
1 ½ tbsp granulated sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Mint heavy cream directions:

Ingredients:
½ cup heavy cream
Handful of fresh mint leaves

Heat heavy cream until soft simmer in a small saucepan over medium low.
Take off the heat and add mint leaves.
Let them steep covered for 2 hours.
Strain heavy cream and set it aside to cool.

Ice cream directions:

Combine all ingredients in a mason jar and secure the lid.
Shake the mason jar for 3-5 minutes (depending on your strength and speed), until the cream thickens and almost doubles in size. Mixture should be able to easily coat the back of a spoon, and feels like a loose batter.
In a mixing bowl combine your ice cream base with the chocolate chips, then pour everything back into the mason jar. Secure your lid tightly and freeze for at least 3 hours, or until ice cream hardens.

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