My Cuisinart ice cream maker just got pulled out of storage for the summer aka Ice Cream Making Season at our house! Homemade ice cream is not hard to make – just mix up a few simple ingredients and let your ice cream maker do the rest. I use a no egg recipe for vanilla ice cream and then mix in M&Ms once it’s done.
Even though the recipe calls for whole milk and heavy cream, you can substitute 2% milk for the whole milk and half-and-half for the cram. Just know that the “lower fat” version will not be quite as rich and creamy as the full fat version. It’s still good, though!
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
3/4 cup granulated sugar
pinch salt
2 cups heavy cream
1 T. vanilla extract
1 cup M&Ms
Instructions
1. Whisk milk, sugar and salt in a medium bowl until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add heavy cream and vanilla and whisk until blended.
3. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and let it run for 20 minutes or until ice cream forms.
4. Stir in M&Ms. Tip: Use frozen M&Ms so the M&M colors won’t run.
Do you like homemade ice cream? What are your favorite homemade ice cream flavors? Let me know if you try this homemade vanilla ice cream recipe without eggs, I’d love to hear how it turned out for you.
megan says
yum, what a great idea
Xo, Megan, http://www.TfDiaries.com
Betty Baez says
looks yummy! good tip on the frozen m&m’s
Robin O says
I wish we had a Cuisinart ice cream maker!! We would try the lower fat version…we tend to buy lowfat ice cream, because it’s always still tasty.
Happy summer!!
Denise Taylor-Dennis says
I have never made homemade ice cream, this looks so delicious. I may have to get an ice cream maker.
Jo-Ann Brightman says
I love vanilla ice cream and I love M&M’s – so this treat is for me – but the lower fat version and I might use some other sweetener to lower the sugar amount.
dawn k says
This looks like a great recipe, and I love the tip about freezing the m and m’s.
ochll says
This looks like a great recipe, and I love the tips
Sarah L says
I just received an ice cream maker this week and have never used one before. This looks like an easy way to get started. Thanks.
Christian Alejandro says
Looks like a delicious summer treat! bookmarked!
rochelle haynes says
Looks like a delicious summer treat!
Alpa says
I love anything made with vanilla as it’s my favourite flavour. i am going to try making this recipe soon.
Dana Rodriguez says
What a great recipe!I am wanting an icecream maker but our freezer is so small
Anne says
I’m almost ashamed to admit that I haven’t used my ice cream maker since… I don’t even remember. Thanks for the reminder to dust the thing off and get it churning! And thanks for the eggless recipe. I’ll be trying it, for sure.
Marcia Lee says
This recipe is so great. I purchased an ice cream maker decades ago. But it may be time to replace it.
DailyWoman (Lacey) says
I would love to have one of these ice cream makers so I could make this ice cream. It looks so good.