Easy No-Machine Ice Cream!!

I found an intriguing recipe on foodblog Kevin & Amanda for some ice-cream that doesn't require a machine, weird gadgets nor alchemy/witchcraft. Another thing that attracted me about it was the short ingredient list. Two. That's it. Two ingredients plus whatever you want for a flavor. Yeah my diet is ruined...

Man, this ingredient list is HEAVY!! (Sorry, my idea of a Back to the Future joke) We have 1 pint/16 fl oz Heavy Cream, one 14 oz can of Sweetened Condensed Milk. The original recipe called for Eagle Brand SC Milk but I was at Aldi's first when I remembered I needed SC Milk. Sue Me. (Actually, please don't, bloggers are poor)

For my flavoring I wanted something down home and truly Southern. I chose my Grandma's Preserves. She made them the 15th of May last year (according to the lid) with strawberries from her own garden. I used the rest of what she had in the fridge and she went down to the basement and auto-magically had another full jar!? This adds great real strawberries and flavor. It also adds a bit more punch in the way of sugar. If you are looking to cut back on some sugar, well, you're sort of SOL..

Before I get into the recipe let me give you a piece of advise. Get everything ready first. Cans opened, bowls ready, ingredients ready to add, etc. It helps every time you are cooking but especially here.

Go ahead and pour all of the cream in your stand mixer. I don't own one, but I just made this into a Grandma and Grandson project. My Grandma has a sweet KitchenAid..

VROOOM! Whip up that cream!!! My Grandma says that it's best to do it while the cream is cold. And keep in mind that it will whip up to be greater in size than the unwhipped cream.

Not too much. We want cream not butter...

Meanwhile, in another mixing bowl, pour in the SC Milk and mix in your topping very well. For me this was the bowl I ended up using to freeze the ice-cream in.

Then fold in the whipped cream until it is fully mixed. But not too mixed. Folded in doesn't mean pour it in the stand mixer..

It was ready before but I thought (after much tasting) that it needed some more strawberry flavor. After that was mixed I threw it in the freezer. It wasn't ready in a couple of hours so don't get your hopes up.

Leaving it in the freezer overnight did the trick and I was rewarded with the richest Ice-Cream I have ever eaten in my life. And I've had some good stuff.

I had this absolutely crazy idea and served it in a bowl with a little shortcake in the bottom. Yeah I know what you're thinking now: STRAWBERRY.ICE-CREAM.SHORTCAKE..

I am definitely doing this again. I think next time will be some kind of chocolate and coffee flavor. Or maybe Peanut Butter + Peanut Butter Cups... OMNOMNOM!

Now all I need to do is find out what Noy's all-time favorite ice-cream flavor is and I'll be set for life.

Original Recipe