Enjoy Your Own Homemade Ice Cream on a Hot Summer's Day!
Most of us have the Breyers or the Turkey Hill ice cream cartons in our freezers. Or we make a trip to the local ice cream shop on those hot, sticky summer days.
But, once you learn how easy it is to make your own ice cream, and how creamy and flavorful homemade ice cream is, you may not return to the cartons.
Choose from the French custard-style or the American-Philadelphia style. Both kinds are delicious. Some will swear by the custard-style, claiming that is the only way to achieve the rich, creamy texture. Others claim there is not enough difference between the two types.
Pick the method that works best for you. What matters is that you can make your own ice cream with fresh ingredients. Choose any flavor combo that you want. You just have to decide how daring you are when you add the extra flavors!
French Custard-Style vs. American Style Recipe for Homemade Ice Cream
What is the difference?
Custard style ice cream is made with eggs, giving it the custard base. The egg yolks are natural emulsifiers that allow the fats and water to mix together. The mixture does need to be cooked before chilling the mixture for churning. The ice cream made with a custard base is very smooth and rich.
The American or Philadelphia style is made using cream and sugar. No cooking is required. Still quite delicious, but if you compare the two types side-by-side, you will most likely agree that the custard-style is much richer and silky smooth.
Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker
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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe Custard-Style
French or custard-style
A custard base is the key to a rich, creamy ice cream. Throw in extra vanilla, and this recipe becomes a family favorite.Ingredients
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 1/2 cups whipping cream
* 2 cups half-and-half cream
* 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. In a heavy saucepan, combine the eggs, sugar, salt, whipping cream, and half-and-half cream.
2. Cook over medium to low heat while stirring constantly.
3. When mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon, and reaches 160 degrees F, remove from heat.
4. Set the pan in ice to cool quickly. Stir the mixture.
5. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Or you can freeze the mixture immediately.
6. When ready to freeze, pour custard and vanilla into the cylinder of an ice cream freezer.
7. Freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.
You can also add vanilla bean or extra vanilla. Some people use a vanilla paste instead of vanilla extract. Using vanilla paste gives you the black vanilla bean specks.
The recipe can be modified to make almost any flavor of ice cream.
Dancing Dots Ice Cream Bowl
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American Style Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
No cooking required
* 1 cup light cream (half and half)
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 pinch salt
1. Combine and stir until sugar dissolves.
2. Chill before freezing.
3. Freeze according to ice cream freezer's directions.
Make your ice cream before you start cooking your food when having a picnic or gathering. That way your ice cream is chilled enough to go into the freezer. You and your family and friends can then have the perfect dessert!
Ben&Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
Try one of the delicious and fun ice cream recipes from the best!
Inside Ben&Jerry's Ice Cream Dessert Book, find recipes like:
- Orange Cream Dream
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Honey Apple Raisin Walnut
- Peanut Butter Fudge Swirl
- Chocolate Superfudge Brownie
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Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream Recipe
You need the following ingredients:
* 2 cups blueberries, cleaned
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup milk
* 1-1/2 cups heavy cream
1. In a heavy saucepan, bring the blueberries, sugar, and salt to a boil using medium heat.
2. Mash the blueberries while cooking.
3. Simmer for about 5 minutes while stirring frequently.
4. Remove pan from heat. Allow to cool a bit.
5. Add the milk and mix until smooth.
6. Stir in cream.
7. You can strain the mixture to remove the skins, or leave the skins in the mixture.
8. Chill for at least 2 hours.
9. Freeze according to ice cream maker instructions.
How To Make Your Own Homemade Ice Cream
You can use an electric hand mixer to break up the ice crystals during the freezing process. And if you don't have a mixer, you can always use a fork or whisk. When it comes to making your own ice cream, there is always a way!
Choose the recipe you are going to use for your ice cream. Mix the ingredients. Follow the recipe up to the point of adding the chilled mixture to the churner.
Next, place your ice cream in a freezer safe bowl or container. Place in the freezer for about two hours. Remove the ice cream from the freezer and beat it with a hand mixer or fork to break up any ice crystals that are beginning to form.
Place bowl back in freezer. And repeat.
After four hours in the freezer, your ice cream should be thickened, but not thick enough to scoop.
At this point, you can add fruit, cookies, nuts or anything else you want to flavor your ice cream.
Now you want to freeze the ice cream until it is hard enough to enjoy. So, place your ice cream in a freezer container with a lid. Don't fill your container completely. You need to leave about 1/2 inch at the top of the container for expansion.
Once your ice cream is frozen, scoop your frozen treat into bowls or cones and enjoy!!
Let The Kids Make The Ice Cream!
All you need is the right ingredients for fresh ice cream, add a little rock salt to the ball, and let the kids have fun.
Play and Freeze Mega Ice Cream Maker,Quart,Blue
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Shake it, roll it, toss it for about 15 minutes. You then have fresh ice cream!
Thomas Jefferson's Recipe for Vanilla Ice Cream
Even Thomas Jefferson enjoyed homemade ice cream! Above is his own recipe for vanilla ice cream.
Thanks to the Library of Congress for preserving this document and providing the image.
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Best Homemade Ice Cream Makers!
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Homemade ice cream is the absolute best! Nothing compares to the freshness of the ingredients, the flavors you can create, and the fun you have in making your own ice cream. But, which ice cream machine should you choose? With so many models availab...
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- jgelien jgelien Oct 24, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
- My favorite flavor for homemade icecream is fresh peach. I have been looking for a good base recipe so i am glad to find one here.
Mouthwatering lens.5 stars.
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- oztoo oztoo Sep 12, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
- As a kid growing up in the UK we used to buy icecream from a local cafe. It was homemade and the most delicious icecream i've Ever had. It was based on goats milk. Any way your recipe sounds yummy, 5* well done.
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- xangette xangette Aug 23, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
- What a great lense and how fun it is to make homemade ice cream. My grandmother and I use to make it when I visited her during my summer vacation. Now I'm ready for some ice cream!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Aug 23, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
- As a reward I let my students make ice cream in a bag. We used the old shake method. It turned out really good.
Thanks for sharing.
Lizzy
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- squidom squidom Aug 6, 2009 @ 2:56 am
- Your blueberry ice cream recipe sounds delightful! :)
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- Janiece Janiece Aug 5, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
- I am so hungry now!! Thanks for sharing this lens!
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- poddys poddys Aug 5, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
- I love ice cream, but so often the bought kind just isn't as good as you like. Recently (before my move back to the UK) I discovered Bluebell Homemade Ice Cream (in Target stores and more) and it's wonderful. The strawberries are so freshly frozen, the nuts are fresh and crunchy, the ice cream is smooth and creamy yet icy cold in your mouth, just perfect. Their Buttered Pecan is to fdie for, as is their Moolenium Crunch or Neapolitan. If you can buy it locally I really recommend it. Meantime, great yummy lens, 5***** well deserved.
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- needatitleokc needatitleokc Aug 4, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
- I like choclate and you are making me hungry mmm www.squidoo.com/needatitle
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- BunnyFabulous BunnyFabulous Aug 4, 2009 @ 12:24 pm
- I love vanilla and use the Cuisinart ice cream maker. It's really easy, especially compared to the old hand-crank ones we used when I was a kid too. You had to crank, or you didn't get any.
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- CoolFoto CoolFoto Aug 4, 2009 @ 9:21 am
- My favorite is chocolate, then strawberry.
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