Summer and ice cream just go hand in hand, don’t they? You just have to have a favorite ice cream recipe, and if you don’t, we’ve got a wonderful collection for you.
You’ll find 5 fabulous flavors in this collection. There’s everything from coffee to traditional strawberry and even a delicious tutti frutti just like grandma used to make.
Go ahead and get started making a new ice cream flavor. You know you really want some of that wonderful cooling treat, and these are really easy to make. Some of them don’t even require an ice cream maker. You can just stick them in the freezer for a few hours and enjoy.
Pick your favorite or make them all. It is summer, after all, and what better way to beat the heat than with delicious homemade ice cream?
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1. Grandma’s Tutti Frutti Ice Cream
Even if your grandma never made Tutti Frutti ice cream, you just have to love the fruity flavor. The best part about this recipe is that you can alter the fruits to match your tastes or to whatever you may have on hand. Use peaches, apricots, cherries, or whatever you want. Almond extract and mashed fruit really give it a wonderful flavor, and it is sure to become a family favorite. Kids absolutely adore the taste of Tutti Frutti, and it’s a great ice cream for bowls or cones. You could also use it to top off your favorite fruit pies or cakes. It’s very versatile and oh, so delicious!
2. Peach Ice Cream
With peaches in season, there’s no better time than now to enjoy a bowl filled with luscious peach ice cream. This recipe is really easy, and it’s a great topper for peach cobbler or peach pie. You’ll need normal ice cream ingredients like heavy cream, eggs, and vanilla, plus a few fresh peaches. Mixing it all up takes about half an hour, and then you have to process it in the ice cream maker for a couple of hours. It’s worth all the work, though, when you get to enjoy a bowl of homemade ice cream complete with fresh peaches.
3. Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
How could you not fall in love with this ice cream that has a double dose of chocolate plus peanut butter. Why, it’s like your own little cool version of Reese’s cups, only with ice cream, so it’s much better. It’s got powdered cocoa, chocolate chips, and peanut butter. Really, what’s not to love about rich chocolate ice cream with layers of oozing peanut butter? This is sure to be a hit with all the kids, and the adults are going to love it, too. It’s perfect for serving alone in a bowl or in a cone. You can also pair it with rich chocolate brownies for a really chocolaty dessert.
4. Coffee Ice Cream
What can we say about this coffee ice cream except that it’s coffee in ice cream form. What more could you possibly want out of an ice cream? This would be such a great homemade ice cream to create frozen coffees and frappes during the summer. You can make it stronger or weaker as you prefer, or even add a little caramel or chocolate to give it that Starbucks coffee flavor. And, there are only three ingredients. You just need sweetened condensed milk, half & half, and coffee, and you can use brewed or instant coffee – whichever you prefer.
5. Key Lime Pie Ice Cream
This wonderful key lime pie ice cream even has a little crust, so it literally has everything that you love about traditional key lime pie. You just add crushed graham crackers to give it a wonderful crust taste, and the ice cream itself has key lime juice, heavy cream, whole milk, and sweetened condensed milk to give it a deliciously rich and creamy taste and texture. You can garnish with lime wedges or sprinkle a few more crushed graham crackers on top. However you serve it, it is sure to become your family’s favorite flavor for summer.
Live it up this summer with these great ice cream recipes. Your family will really be glad that you did.
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