Strawberry Vanilla Ice Cream

By Addie

This was fantastic homemade ice cream. In contrast to the first ice cream recipe I posted, THIS is what I remember from childhood. A bit more of an ice milk recipe, no cream, but smooth and creamy nonetheless. This ice cream melted into deliciousness as fast as we could eat it. It was light and creamy and perfectly smooth. We all really loved it. This is a recipe I will be making over and over again. I’m on a huge berry kick these days. With all of the fresh produce at our fingertips this time of year, how can I resist? I took this picture the day after we made the ice cream. It froze nicely and within a few minutes of taking it out of the freezer, I was able to scoop it out of the container. After the amount of effort that I put into my first attempt, this ice cream recipe was unbelievably simple. I looked around at several different recipes and they were all basically the same formula, the main thing that changed was the cream vs half and half vs milk. So, I tweaked them just a bit to use what I had in the house and it was perfect!

Ingredients

• 4 cups whole milk – I actually used farm fresh milk, so this had a higher cream content than average. If I were using store bought milk, I would likely use 3 cups milk and 1 cup half and half or heavy cream.
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups crushed fresh strawberries

Preparation

Step 1

Wash, slice and crush the strawberries in a large bowl. Add the sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir to combine and then add the milk. Stir to combine all ingredients together and then pour into ice cream maker.

Follow instructions according to your ice cream machine’s manufacturer. Or check this out if you do not own an ice cream machine. Yes, you can still make ice cream without a machine. It works. I've done it myself.