Our Best Homemade Ice Cream Recipes

You only need 5 ingredients (plus a pinch of salt) to make this ultra-creamy, no-churn ice cream. Better yet, you can have a batch mixed up and ready to freeze in just 15 minutes.

Vanilla ice cream is the base that launched 1,000 variations, but it often plays second fiddle to the mix-ins. We think vanilla ice cream should be able to stand alone; this one can. We keep things simple by mixing in store-bought chocolate wafers. Using a square baking pan makes it easy to fold in the crumbled cookies, and you can freeze the ice cream right in the pan.

If you’re ready to take your ice cream making skills to the next level, this decadent recipe is for you. Between the rum-spiked cherry syrup and the rich, from-scratch chocolate custard, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to tackle new techniques. Better yet, your hard work will be rewarded with an ice cream so crave-worthy you’ll wish you had made a double batch!

No special equipment is needed to make this ultra-creamy ice cream. Eat it plain or add some of our fun suggested stir-ins.