No Ice Cream Machine? No Problem. Easy, 10-Minute Treats You Can Make Now

If the thought of creamy, delicious, homemade ice cream sounds like the perfect summer treat, you’re not alone. But if the thought of going to Target, buying an ice cream machine, and spending hours churning and churning—and then churning some more—doesn’t sound much like beating the heat, you’re not alone, either.

Enter Heather Templeton.

The Medford, Oregon-based baker is the founder of Heather’s Home Bakery, a blog and Instagram account dedicated to dessert. (We’re already obsessed with her recipe for an awe-inspiring s’mores board that you can easily make at home.) Then we read her cookbook.

Reprinted with permission from Easy No-Churn Ice Cream by Heather Templeton. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Heather Templeton

Billed as the “no equipment necessary guide to standout ice cream,” Easy No-Churn Ice Cream is the summer staple you need in your life. It’s filled with 50 homemade ice cream recipes that range from bars and sandwiches to decadent scoops. The best part? You don’t need a machine to make any of these frozen treats.

“The texture of no-churn ice cream is identical to its store-bought counterpart and the flavor is far superior,” Templeton writes in the book. “With only a handful of ingredients per recipe, you can gauge exactly what is going into your desserts. No ice cream maker is required, and only five to 10 minutes of preparation time per base ice cream recipe is needed. This allows you ample time to enjoy your treats, while being able to relax knowing exactly what is going into each and every one of them.”

We couldn’t agree more. The book is currently available for preorder and available July 12. Here, some of our favorite ice cream recipes to savor this summer.

No-Churn Ice Cream Recipes

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No-Churn Loaded Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream

“Peanut butter plus chocolate is a match made in culinary paradise,” writes Heather Templeton in Easy No-Churn Ice Cream. “The combination first became popular in the late 1920s. From there, the world’s obsession began to grow and today we have hundreds of mouth-watering peanut butter and chocolate recipes to choose from. This loaded peanut butter cup ice cream begins with a perfectly creamy peanut butter ice cream base. Loads of crushed peanut butter cups are added to the base, rendering it quite possibly a peanut butter lover’s dream come true.”

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Caramel Coffee Cookie Ice Cream

“In this tantalizing blend of coffee-flavored ice cream, ripples of homemade caramel and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, we find decadence personified,” writes Templeton.“Strong and pure coffee extract lends its bold flavor to the ice cream base, and a generous caramel swirl weaves in and out of hearty cookie chunks. You can substitute store-bought caramel for this homemade version if you need to.” 

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Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich

“This edible cookie dough ice cream sandwich creation is my absolute favorite chilled treat of all time,” writes Templeton. “The cookie dough is eggless, so it is safe to eat. It boasts full cookie dough flavor with real vanilla, brown sugar, and salted butter. The edible cookie dough squares are frozen, then sandwiched around creamy vanilla bean ice cream. A drizzle of melted chocolate completes the decadence, and I promise that you will be going back for seconds, thirds, and quite possibly even fourths!”

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