20 Best Recipes for Homemade Ice Cream

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Homemade Peach-and-Toasted Pecan Ice Cream

This homemade summertime treat is packed with two Southern favorites: refreshing peaches and nutty pecans. The sweet peaches add great texture, and the pecans pack in a crunchy bite to this ice cream recipe.

Recipe: Peach-and-Toasted Pecan Ice Cream

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Key Lime Pie Ice Cream

Serve the classic pie in ice cream form! Key lime juice, zest, and graham cracker crumbs make this ice cream taste just like Key lime pie.

Recipe: Key Lime Pie Ice Cream

No-Cook Strawberry Ice Cream

Velvety ice cream meets the sweet, juiciness of strawberries in this frozen summer treat. Serve it in ice cream sundae glasses for a parlor-perfect presentation.

Recipe: No-Cook Strawberry Ice Cream

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Mocha Ice Cream

This coffee-chocolate ice cream concoction tastes divine, and is great served with biscotti.

Recipe: Mocha Ice Cream

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

No fancy flavors can beat the ultimate creamy classic: vanilla ice cream. Eat it pure and simple, mix in chocolate or fruit, or add your favorite toppings.

Recipe: Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Raspberry-Buttermilk Sherbet

Creamy buttermilk pairs perfectly with juicy summer raspberries in this fruit-filled sherbet.

Recipe: Raspberry-Buttermilk Sherbet

Banana-Coconut Ice Cream

The tropical flair of this ice cream will make you think you’re in the islands. Readers tell us the flavors are more intense and better tasting the next day—if it lasts that long. Use ripe bananas for the boldest flavor.

Recipe: Banana-Coconut Ice Cream

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Cherry-Bourbon Ice Cream

Customize your own ice cream flavor. Simply buy a 1-qt. container vanilla ice cream, allow it to soften, add the ingredients, and let it refreeze. It will taste so good no one will know you took a shortcut.

Recipe: Cherry-Bourbon Ice Cream

Refreshing Lime Sherbet

Zesty lime makes this a refreshing citrus treat. Garnish with fresh mint springs and thinly sliced lime wedges.

Recipe: Refreshing Lime Sherbet

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Mocha Latte Ice Cream

Mix coffee and semisweet chocolate into this dense ice cream. Add sliced almonds if you want to break up the richness of the mocha. Serve Pirouette Rolled Wafers as a cookie complement.

Recipe: Mocha Latte Ice Cream

Pecan-Caramel Crunch Ice Cream

Praline lovers: This is your ice cream. Packed with crunchy bits of a homemade caramel crisp, this cream mixture has a caramel flavor and caramel topping.

Recipe: Pecan-Caramel Crunch Ice Cream

Blueberry Sherbet

You don’t have to use an ice-cream maker for this flavorful dessert. It only calls for five simple ingredients, a standard freezer, and a blender.

Recipe: Blueberry Sherbet

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Vanilla Ice Cream With Fruit Blend

Summer strawberries and raspberries are too succulent not to mix into your pure vanilla cream. Serve with fresh berries in a waffle bowl.

Recipe: Vanilla Ice Cream With Fruit Blend

No-Cook Chocolate-Almond Ice Cream

Chocolate milk and chocolate syrup create the chocolaty taste you’ve loved since you were a kid. Almonds add a nutty crunch to this super-simple recipe.

Recipe: No-Cook Chocolate-Almond Ice Cream

Watermelon Sorbet

Making refreshing sorbet takes just fruit, water, and sugar. Use the simple syrup base to make the flavor combination of your choice— grapefruit, pineapple, lemon, orange, strawberry, cantaloupe, cherry, or raspberry.

Recipe: Watermelon Sorbet

Summertime Peach Ice Cream

Your family will ask for this creamy ice cream over and over again. Best of all, the six-ingredient mixture requires no cooking, just stirring.

Recipe: Summertime Peach Ice Cream

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Coffee-Chocolate Ice Cream

Instant espresso gives plain chocolate ice cream a boost of flavor. Serve with a warm brownie or let it stand alone.

Recipe: Coffee-Chocolate Ice Cream

No-Cook Fig-Mint Ice Cream

Fresh mint and figs pair for a delightful combination in this impressive dessert. The best part? No cooking required!

Recipe: No-Cook Fig-Mint Ice Cream

No-Cook Peach Ice Cream

Capture the essence of summer in this easy peach ice cream recipe. The best part about it? It involves no cooking!

Recipe: No-Cook Peach Ice Cream

Blackberry Wine Sorbet

Sweet frozen blackberry wine is perfectly paired with berries for a refreshing end to your meal.

Recipe: Blackberry Wine Sorbet