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DIY Mason Jar Ice Cream

Make your own ice cream with no special equipment, just ingredients, a jar, a freezer... and muscle.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients in a wide mouth pint size jar.

  2. Cover tightly with a lid, shake vigorously for five minutes. You will hear the liquid change to something more thick as it gets closer to being done.

  3. Check after 5 minutes. Cream should have changed from liquid to something more like the consistency or brownie batter or a fluffy pancake batter. It will not immediately drip off a spoon like liquid cream.

  4. Place cover back on jar and place jar in the freezer. Depending on your freezer, it could take anywhere from 3 hours to overnight to be frozen to your liking. I generally make this and stick it in the freezer overnight. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Experiment with different flavors!

I've enjoyed making chocolate ice cream using this method as well.

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp. unsweetened coca powder
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • a pinch of salt

Try strawberry, peanut butter, cookies and cream, peppermint mocha, caramel chocolate... let your imagination go wild. Note: some add-ins or flavors might change the consistency/thickness of the cream, and any "chunks" (candy, cookies, etc) might require you to occasionally shake the jar as it freezes to make sure the chunks are distributed and don't all sink to the bottom of the jar.