Finally a recipe for vanilla ice cream that works! A rich and creamy ice cream recipe that actually tastes like you want it to. I have never made a batch of ice cream that I was happy with until I tried this one. It's is rather expensive 1-1/2 quarts of ice cream at the store is 4. I figure the equivalent amount using this recipe is more like 15. I am going to try and replace the vanilla bean with 3 tsp of vanilla extract. That should knock off about 6. Hopefully it tastes the same. We'll see. Pros: No need for heavy cream. Cons: Condensed milk and a vanilla bean set me back about 10 making this ice cream expensive
Good taste but not that much healthier Looking at the back of my Blue Bunny brand premium vanilla ice cream ( not low fat or sugar free regular vanilla ice cream) it lists the following for a 1/2 cup serving: 130 calories 7g fat so this recipe is not really all that healthy compared to store bought. It has about half the fat but many more calories per serving. Not sure health wise how this stacks up to other homemade recipes but if you're counting calories the store bought regular vanilla has less with only a few more g fat. Pros: Good taste and easy to make. Cons: Not really that much healthier.
Flavor Boom I added a cup of strawberries and put it in my food processor after freezing it for 2 hours. The flavor was good pre-strawberry but once I added them it seemed like the flavor just exploded! I was so happy with the turnout since I am a big ice cream fan and this is a lot healthier (tastier maybe too) than store bought. If you have the time try it. Definetly worth it. Look up how to make ice cream in your food processor to learn more. Amazingly easy. Pros: Super simple the recipe turned out great!!
wonderful recipe This is one of the only homemade ice cream recipes that I've made that doesn't turn into an ice brick in the freezer the next day. It will turn rock solid eventually but it takes a while. Most of the ice cream is gone by that time. Pros: not rock solid
Great recipe! I've made this at least 10 times and it turns out delicious everytime. Really good low-fat ice cream recipe
This ice cream was creamy delicious and had wonderful texture. Everyone at my luncheon loved it (including my dear hubby who is a fan of the mega fat version). It was confusing though because it does not get hard enough to stop the ice cream maker motor. I would suggest noting that in the directions as we could have enjoyed eating it much earlier if we had known to check it rather than wait for the machine to stop!
How is this fewer calories than regular ice cream when this is over 200 cal per serving and my store bought is about 140 for a half cup. Is this based on a full cup serving? Sounds yummy but it might actually be more fattening.
Confused about quanity So the recipe states that this makes 1 quart but the ingredients alone are 6 cups. With expansion during the freezing process I expect this to yield around 7 cups. That's almost 2 quarts.
This is the best recipe for homemade ice cream! It tastes a lot like frozen custard. My kids (8 and 6) also said this was our best batch yet!
