Homemade Ice Cream

Who doesn't love ice cream!

Though it's awfully expensive to buy in the stores, it's quite cheap to make at home!

I have an ice cream maker (~$20), but you can make ice cream without one.

You have two choices, either freeze your ice cream mixture, and stir it occasionally ensuring it doesn't freeze into one solid mass(this usually takes 3 hours), or you can hand shake your ice cream in a homemade ice cream "machine" consisting of 1 smaller ziplock bag, and a large ziplock bag, kosher salt, and ice.
Place the salt and ice in the biggest bag, and insert the smaller bag (filled with the ice cream recipe) in the the salt bag. Seal all bags VERY SECURELY. Then you just need to shake until the ice cream starts to crystallize  You can wrap the bags in a towel to keep your hands warmer. This method yields a soft serve style ice cream.

Recipe:
2 cups Whipping Cream
2 cups Blend Cream
3/4 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

You mix it all together in a bowl, chill it in the fridge, and follow your "machine's" directions. This recipe is very versatile  I have added mint extract and choc chips, or peanut butter and choc chips, you can add cocoa powder for a chocolate ice cream base. I have even added candied bacon!