Whether you are making ice creams at home or buying them from a nearby shop – ice creams bring with them a blissful joy every single time.

It is said that “Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone”. I couldn’t have agreed more to this. Be it young or old, men or women, ice creams bring the same glee to everyone’s heart. Interestingly, making ice cream at home is quite simple too. An easy and short-cut recipe is listed here. Just follow them step by step and your ice cream will be ready in minutes!!

For making ice cream, the ingredients you need are readily available at hand. That is precisely why it is so easy to make. The ingredients are listed below:

Ingredients:

Milk – 1 cup; Sugar – ½ cup;  Heavy Cream – 2 cups; Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon; Chocolate (for flavor) – 2 cups, finely chopped

Method:

Pour milk in a pan and heat it till it begins to boil. Keep stirring constantly. Do not over boil it.
In a blender, mix the finely chopped chocolate and sugar together.
Add the hot milk to the blender and go on blending till the chocolate is melted. The mixture will gradually become smooth.
Once it gets a smooth texture, set it aside for sometime and let it cool.
Add the cream and vanilla extract to this (once the mixture is cooled down) and stir gently. You will see it gaining a gradual silky, smooth texture.
Chill this for about half an hour.
Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and mix well for about 30 minutes.
Leave it in the freezer to set well.
Garnish with chocolate chips and serve chilled.

You can also make ice creams in different flavors. For example, you can replace the chocolate with strawberry or mango or mint and so on. Just try each new flavor at home every weekend, mix them with some real juicy, sweet fruits and serve them to your family – and find for yourself how it turns out to be a great family moment!!

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