What is the best way to make ice cream without an ice cream maker?

I've been waiting for my ice cream maker for weeks. I really want to make some mint chocolate ice cream for my husband who just arrived back home from a long deployment. Thanks!What is the best way to make ice cream without an ice cream maker?
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2 eggs


3/4 cup sugar


2 tablespoons cornstarch


1 cup milk


1 pint heavy whipping cream


pinch of salt


2 teaspoons vanilla





Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs for several minutes until thick and lemon colored. Add 1 cup of milk and blend into the eggs. Mix sugar and cornstarch in a large saucepan. Add egg/milk mixture to the sugar and cornstarch. Cook until thick (about 5 minutes) stirring constantly. Allow the custard mixture to cool to room temperature.





When the custard is cool, put into a freezer-safe bowl. Blend in cream and salt. Freeze for 2 hours or until slushy. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla. Whip for 5 to 10 minutes with an electric mixer. Return to freezer and finish freezing (several hours or overnight).








Variations:





After you have whipped the ice cream, fold in 1 to 2 cups of fresh or frozen fruit, nuts and/or chocolate before returning the ice cream to the freezer to finish freezing.








Here are some ideas for additions to your ice cream:


Strawberries


Blackberries


Raspberries


Peaches


Cherries (or Maraschino Cherries)


Chocolate chips


Butterscotch chips


Crushed Heath bars


Crushed peppermint candy


Chopped walnuts


Chopped pistachio nuts


Diced bananas


Coconut


Chocolate chip cookie dough (drop into the ice cream by small spoonfuls and carefully fold in) Caramel or chocolate or fudge syrup (drop into the ice cream by small spoonfuls and carefully fold in)What is the best way to make ice cream without an ice cream maker?
Mix all ingredients as directly and pop into your freezer. You'll have to stir it frequently, say every 1/2 hr until it is quite firm.





You'll probably find that your icecream will be a little crystally (ice).





Nothing beats a proper icecream maker. If you do invest in one I would recommend one that is also a chilling unit rather than one of the models where you freezer the bowl beforehand.
Bowl


Whisk or electric beater


Ice cream mix


Step1Make whatever ice cream recipe you'd like.


Step2Put the ice cream mix in a large bowl and let it cool down in the refrigerator for an hour or more.


Step3Move the bowl to the freezer.


Step4Remove the bowl from the freezer after a half an hour or so. The ice cream should be starting to get frozen on the sides of the bowl. You want it slushy but not frozen solid.


Step5Beat the ice cream for three minutes with a whisk or electric beater.


Step6Put the bowl back in the freezer for half an hour.


Step7Repeat this process of freezing then beating the ice cream three more times.


Step8Let the ice cream freeze overnight in the freezer, or at least for a few hours.


Step9Eat the ice cream.

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