Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Over the past month, Tally seems to have outgrown her dairy intolerance, and real ice cream is once again part of my life.

Ice cream is my favorite dessert (just barrrrely edging out cookies), so I’m really happy to have it back on the table.

And once ice cream was an option again, I realized I hadn’t used my ice cream maker since we moved to Arizona two years ago.

I blame our freezer, mostly.

Because of the layout of our kitchen, we bought a counter-depth fridge so that we could actually open the dishwasher.

Which is great for using the kitchen, but means that our freezer is tiny.

Bart and I have been meaning to buy a second freezer since . . . August of 2015, but haven’t. So our freezer space is very tight and usually doesn’t have room to put the ice cream canister in there to freeze.

But once I could eat ice cream again, I was dying to make some homemade ice cream and so I moved heaven  and earth and frozen chicken breasts to make room for the ice cream canister.

Ella and I made this strawberry cheesecake ice cream together a few weeks ago when she had a half day of school and it turned out amazingly well.

This strawberry cheesecake ice cream might be the best homemade ice cream I’ve ever made.

Because I wanted us to be able to make the ice cream from start to finish in one sitting, I used sweetened condensed milk (I used the Eagle Brand – this isn’t a sponsored post, but I did meet them at Mom 2.0 earlier this year and they gave me a couple of free cans of sweetened condensed milk).

Usually, you have to cook the sugar and milk or cream together to get it to dissolve, which then means you have to chill it, and using sweetened condensed milk means you can skip that step (and save yourself a few hours).

Also, my biggest pet peeve with homemade ice cream is when it has that coat-your-tongue quality, like you’re eating straight whipping cream, and this one doesn’t have that all.

This strawberry cheesecake ice cream is the perfect end-of-summer recipe, so if you’re looking for a delicious treat for the Labor Day weekend, this strawberry cheesecake ice cream is a winner.

strawberry cheesecake ice cream

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Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

This creamy strawberry cheesecake ice cream is easy to make and stuffed with delicious add-ins like crumbled graham crackers and a tart strawberry fruit swirl.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes

Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

Strawberry Sauce

• 2 cups strawberries fresh or frozen, roughly chopped
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Cheesecake Ice Cream

• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
• 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

Graham Cracker

• 6 sheets graham crackers roughly crushed

Instructions

1. In a small saucepan, cook the strawberries, lemon juice and sugar together until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 5 minutes until thickened, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cream until stiff peaks form. Add the cream cheese and continue to beat until well combined and the cream cheese is smooth. Add the sweetened condensed milk, lemon zest, salt and vanilla and mix until smooth.
3. Place the strawberry mixture in the fridge to cool. Pour the ice cream mixture into a ice cream maker and mix according to manufacturer's directions.
4. When the ice cream is finished, transfer it to a freezer-safe container and gently stir in the crushed graham cracker pieces. Drizzle half of the strawberry mixture over the ice cream and swirl in with a knife or spoon. Repeat with the other half.
5. Freeze until hardened, about 4 hours or overnight. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Adapted from this lemon blueberry cheesecake ice cream recipe

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