Easy Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe – With M&Ms

This vanilla ice cream recipe is so good especially given how easy it is to make. I already had the basics on hand so while searching the internet for a recipe, I accidentally enabled the voice recognition aspect on my Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone. On a whim I said, “Cuisinart vanilla ice cream” and it found the perfect, egg-less recipe within seconds. So, we tried it.

Ingredients can be whisked together in just a few minutes and poured into the ice cream maker. Kids can make this recipe, easily.

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Then dump the mixture into an ice cream maker. Turn it on for 20 minutes.

It’s always difficult to take photos with kids around. I now see she was snacking on M&Ms. It was 9:00am. Anyway, here’s what it looks like after you pull it off the ice cream maker.

Toss in frozen M&Ms (the cold helps keep them from bleeding color) and freeze.

Done. Enjoy it as plain vanilla ice cream, toss in sprinkles, swirl in peanut butter or similar.

Easy Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe – With M&Ms

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Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• pinch salt
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup of frozen M&Ms (or as many as you like)

Instructions

1. Whisk to combine the milk, sugar and salt until the sugar is dissolved.
2. Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla.
3. Pour into cold ice cream maker freezer bowl.
4. Mix for 20 minutes, or until thickened. The ice cream will have a creamy texture.
5. Gently stir in frozen M&Ms. Combine, but with as little stirring as possible. More stirring will cause the color to fall off the M&Ms.
6. Remove from freezer about 15 minutes prior to serving.

The original recipe is here, however, the main difference is that we forgot to let the ice cream sit for an hour or two in the refrigerator prior to putting the mixture in the ice cream maker. It didn’t matter, as far as I can tell. We also made it using nonfat milk. It’s still delicious, but regular milk creates a better consistency. It’s worth a bit longer on the treadmill.

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Enjoy!

*This is post 2 of 3. I’m one of the bloggers testing out the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone.