Homemade Lemon Ice Cream Recipe

Lemon ice cream in white cup with spoon.

4.84 from 12 votes

Homemade Lemon Ice Cream Recipe

No ice cream maker? No problem! No churn ice cream is so easy to make and this no churn lemon basil ice cream is a combo you will be so amazed by--the lemon and basil really compliment each other in this creamy treat!

Prep Time15

Freeze4

Total Time4 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 367kcal

Author: Lorie Yarro

Ingredients

2 c heavy whipping cream
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 T lemon zest (approx. 2 lemons)
2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt

Instructions

In medium bowl, whisk together condensed milk lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla and salt if desired.
In a separate medium bowl, beat cream until it makes stiff peaks when you remove the mixer. This will take about 3-5 minutes.
Gently fold the whipped cream into the lemon and condensed milk mixture. Transfer to a freezer safe container and freeze for about 4-6 hours.
Before serving, allow ice cream to sit out for about 15 minutes before spooning out, especially if it's been in the freezer for much longer than 6 hours. Enjoy!

Notes

Let the ice cream sit out before scooping. Allow this homemade creamy lemon ice cream to sit out for about 15 minutes before scooping when you are ready to serve.
Avoid using any lower fat or lower sugar ingredients. For the best and creamiest no churn ice cream, it is important to get the right ingredients. Make sure you have heavy whipping cream as well as full fat sweetened condensed milk.
Make this lemon ice cream into an ice cream pie! Pop this into a graham cracker crust instead of a container and you have yourself a simple ice cream pie! Add some whipped cream on top and you are all set.
Lemon ice cream sandwiches: lemon lovers, add some of this ice cream between two lemon sugar cookies and you have the most lemon zesty ice cream sandwich treat.
This ice cream pairs so well with angel food cake, blueberry pie, or it makes great ice cream sandwiches with these lemon sugar cookies!

The original recipe had basil in it as well. I shifted it to just lemon but wanted to include the option if you wanna spice things up a bit. Prior to starting the recipe, you will want to do the following:

- Over medium heat, combine basil leaves, zest of one lemon and cream in a small sauce pan. Stir several times and allow to heat for about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and cover. Chill in refrigerator until cold again and toss the basil. (About 2 hours) Then follow the recipe as stated above in step 1.

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