Mason-Jar Ice Cream (3 Ways)
Adapted from TikTok creator @buttermilkbysam
Notes
To customize your mason-jar ice cream, add any liquid or cream ingredients (like extracts or nut butter) to the jar along with the base ingredients. For solid mix-ins like chopped fruit, nuts, or candies, fold them in just before freezing. Make sure to leave a 1-inch gap (or more) at the top to allow the mixture to expand. You can also top the jar with a silicone lid, then switch to a metal ring lid as the ice cream hardens, after 1 or 2 hours.
Remember too that the exact amount of ice cream made from one batch will depend on your additional ingredients. For example, if you add strawberry puree, the final volume will be more than an ice cream that only has crushed cookies. Consider omitting the added sugar if you are using very sweet add-ins, such as Nutella.
Ingredients
- Basic mason-jar ice cream:
3/4 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons cream cheese (regular or whipped)
2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
1 to 2 tablespoons brown or white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
- Cookies-and-cream ice cream:
1/2 cup crushed Oreos (about 5 cookies)
- Chocolate Nutella ice cream:
1/4 cup Nutella
1/3 cup brownie chunks
2 tablespoons chopped nuts
- Strawberry-cheesecake ice cream:
1/2 cup strawberry puree (about 1 cup chopped strawberries)
2 tablespoons graham-cracker crumbs (about 1 1/2 sheets)
2 tablespoons white-chocolate chips
2 tablespoons diced strawberries
Directions
- To make basic mason-jar ice cream: In a clean, wide-mouth mason jar, combine the heavy cream, cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Insert one whisk into an electric hand mixer. Beat the ingredients until smooth and thick. Avoid overmixing.
- To make cookies-and-cream ice cream: Fold in the crushed Oreos to the prepared ice-cream base. Secure the lid, and freeze for 4 hours.
- To make chocolate Nutella ice cream: In a clean, wide-mouth mason jar, add the ingredients for the ice-cream base except for the sugar. Add the Nutella, beat until smooth and thick, then fold in the brownie chunks and chopped nuts. Secure the lid, and freeze for 4 hours.
- To make strawberry-cheesecake ice cream: In a food processor, puree 1 cup strawberries. You can leave chunks of strawberries, if you'd like. Prepare the ice-cream base in a mason jar, as directed above, and stir in the strawberry puree. Fold in the crushed graham crackers, white-chocolate chips, and diced strawberries, then secure the lid and freeze for 4 hours.
Information
- Category
- Desserts, Ice cream
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Total Time
- 4 minutes, 59 seconds