The Homemade Ice Cream Thread

[LA Ute]

Summer is coming and with it homemade ice cream season. Please post recipes here!

This is a recipe I have used with great success. It is easy and involves no cooking:

Basic Ice Cream with Fresh Fruit

2 cups half and half
1 cup cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanillla
mix all and chill well
freeze according to maker instructions

Fruit addition options:

Add 2 ripe bananas, smashed, or 1 cup smashed strawberries with 1 tsp lemon juice when almost completely frozen. I love the strawberry recipe. You could probably put in 1 banana and 1/2 cup of strawberries if you want a mixed-flavor ice cream. I haven't experimented with other fruits but I am sure they'd work. Someday I'll try adding chocolate.

[OrangeUte]

I have a great freezer that gets used a lot each summer. I have a very simple vanilla recipe that I vary from w Oreos and Reese's and fruits and mint w green food coloring etc. what I don't have is a really good chocolate recipe. I usually just dump in a bunch or Hershey's chocolate syrup and that's it. Tastes okay but it isn't great.

Anyone have a good chocolate ice cream recipe?

[LA Ute]

Here's a chocolate recipe that seems pretty easy, but does require some cooking:

http://www.chow.com/recipes/28645-rich-chocolate-ice-cream

[LA Ute]

Another chocolate recipe - this one is simple, kind of like the first one I posted.

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (5-ounce) can evaporated milk
2 cups whole chocolate milk
2/3 cup chocolate syrup

Whisk all ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher or large bowl until blended. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
Pour milk mixture into freezer container of a 1-quart electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. (Instructions and times will vary.)

Remove container with ice cream from ice-cream maker, and place in freezer 15 minutes. Transfer to an airtight container; freeze until firm, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

[Senioritis]

I need a tip on a good freezer. The one I'm currently using makes ice cream about as consistent as Luka Drca. Yes, I'm blaming the equipment.

Any help?

[LA Ute]

I need a tip on a good freezer. The one I'm currently using makes ice cream about as consistent as Luka Drca. Yes, I'm blaming the equipment.

Any help?

We have this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-68330R-Automatic-Ice-Cream/dp/B0009A0N4E/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365980552&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=ince+cream+freezer

It makes a lot of ice cream.

I've heard good things about this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-Automatic-2-Quart-Cream/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365980552&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=ince+cream+freezer

No salt, no ice. But it doesn't make much product.

I would get this one but we don't make enough ice cream at home to justify such a fancy-pants product.

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-Automatic-2-Quart-Cream/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365980552&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=ince+cream+freezer

Still, will my next one be this one, or one like it? Probably.

[LA Ute]

Ever since I posted the links below I've been seeing ads about ice cream makers every time I open any web site with ads on it. Kind of impressive.

[roseparkutes]

I love homemade ice cream but I have no idea how to make it. have never looked into it either what are good ways of making it?

[LA Ute]

I love homemade ice cream but I have no idea how to make it. have never looked into it either what are good ways of making it?

It's very easy. Just buy a machine (some models suggested below) and try some recipes. The machines include recipe books, for starters, and after you play with the thing a while you'll develop your own approaches. It's just like any other kind of cooking.

[San Diego Ute Fan]

It's very easy. Just buy a machine (some models suggested below) and try some recipes. The machines include recipe books, for starters, and after you play with the thing a while you'll develop your own approaches. It's just like any other kind of cooking.

If you have a Kitchenaid mixer the ice cream attachment is the way to go. Warning: Highly addictive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzn_i9JEgVY

[OrangeUte]

If you have a Kitchenaid mixer the ice cream attachment is the way to go. Warning: Highly addictive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzn_i9JEgVY

Oh I'm totally going to get one of those.

[LA Ute]

If you have a Kitchenaid mixer the ice cream attachment is the way to go. Warning: Highly addictive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzn_i9JEgVY

If I had one of those within a year I'd look like Rick Majerus.

[San Diego Ute Fan]

Moderation LA, moderation in all things.