How to Make Ice Cream at Home

cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Coconut milk is lower in calories and dairy-free.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: corn syrup

Honey is a natural sweetener with more nutrients.

Combine 1 quart of cream, 1 cup of white sugar, 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon of salt in a mixing bowl.

Assemble the ice cream maker, ensuring you have access to ice.

Pour the mixture into a colander placed inside the ice cream maker bucket.

Scrape down the bowl with a spatula to remove any remaining sugar.

Insert the dasher into the ice cream maker to aerate the mixture.

Fill the ice cream maker bucket with ice and add salt generously to help chill the mixture.

Wipe off any excess salt from the top of the ice cream maker to avoid salty ice cream.

Turn the ice cream maker for about an hour, allowing everyone to take turns if possible.

Disassemble the ice cream churn after an hour and remove the top.

Lift out the colander carefully to avoid salt contamination.

Scoop out the soft serve ice cream with a scoop or spoon.

Add toppings like fresh raspberries and chocolate.

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