{"id":15384,"date":"2015-02-07T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T01:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=15384"},"modified":"2015-02-07T08:31:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T01:31:57","slug":"how-to-make-homemade-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/how-to-make-homemade-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Homemade Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our family LOVES ice cream, whose doesn’t, right? \u00a0But because we love ice cream so much, I don’t tend to buy it too often, after all, it doesn’t last long and we do tend to eat more than we should. \u00a0But there are times when we have friends over that the occasion just screams for ice cream.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I do. \u00a0I make homemade ice cream on the spot. \u00a0I always keep a quart of heavy cream in my refrigerator. \u00a0Heavy cream has a relatively long shelf-life, it lasts up to a month. \u00a0I have a simple ice cream recipe where I use that only uses heavy cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and milk or half-and-half. \u00a0I don’t usually have half-and-half on hand,\u00a0but I always have skim milk, so I use skim milk.<\/p>\n

I make this basic Vanilla Ice Cream recipe nearly every time, it is so incredibly delicious!<\/p>\n

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I found a\u00a0Hamilton Beach 1.5 Qt. Ice Cream Maker at Walmart for $24.88. \u00a0Wow, the same Ice Cream Maker is double the price at Amazon right now. \u00a0The Hamilton Beach 1.5 Qt. Ice Cream Maker is currently on Rollback at Walmart. \u00a0Sweet.<\/p>\n

With the\u00a0Hamilton Beach 1.5 Qt. Ice Cream Maker no rock salt is needed. \u00a0It’s a simple plug and play operation. \u00a0The first thing you do \u00a0is freeze the ice cream bowl in your freezer overnight. \u00a0In fact, when I’m not using my freezer bowl, I just store it in the freezer so it’s ready to make ice cream when I am. \u00a0Now I can have ice cream on a whim without having to go to the store!<\/p>\n

But the\u00a0Hamilton Beach 1.5 Qt. Ice Cream Maker doesn’t make just ice cream, you can also make frozen yogurt, sherbet, custard, and gelato. \u00a0And if you think about it, the cost is minimal compared to going out and buying the family ice cream cones. \u00a0Heavy cream costs around $7 for a quart, so this is the most expensive ingredient. \u00a0But ice cream cones for the family can cost up to $20 these days and quite frankly, the ice cream you can make at home tastes even better!<\/p>\n

I love the Vanilla Ice Cream recipe so much, I have never really tried any other flavor. \u00a0But for this article, I dabbled in a couple of other offerings.<\/p>\n

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I made my simple Vanilla Ice Cream recipe and crumbled in a blueberry muffin and frozen blueberries in the last 5 minutes of churning.<\/p>\n

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The ice cream turned out great and the muffin made nice soft chewy chunks adding texture to an already great flavor.<\/p>\n

One big downside with the Hamilton Beach Ice Cream Maker is that it just doesn’t firm up enough after 20-30 minutes. \u00a0It makes a great soft ice cream soup, but it needs to be hardened up more. \u00a0I didn’t churn it further out of fear that it will turn into whipping cream. \u00a0So I just place it in the freezer for a half hour to an hour before serving. \u00a0It’s still great tasting ice cream.<\/p>\n

Next, I made Chocolate Ice Cream, to appease my son. \u00a0He loves the Vanilla Ice Cream recipe, but he loves chocolate. \u00a0Here’s a chocolate recipe I used:<\/p>\n

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\"Hamilton<\/p>\n

Here are the ingredients that go into Chocolate Homemade Ice Cream. \u00a0It’s basically the same recipe, you just add in a 1\/2 cup of cocoa powder.<\/p>\n

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I was pleasantly surprised at how good it tasted. \u00a0I will definitely have to add Chocolate Ice Cream recipe to my repertoire!<\/p>\n

Let me tell you, the sky is the limit in creating awesome homemade ice creams. \u00a0Just take a look at Pinterest <\/a>for an exotic assortment of possibilities from Frozen Hot Cocoa, to Soda Pop, to Cinnamon Almond Milk, to Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter to Red Wine Ice Cream! \u00a0Yum! \u00a0I can’t wait to try some of these!<\/p>\n

I recommend that you keep your 1 1\/2 quart ice cream container in the freezer so you’ll be ready at a moment’s notice to begin making ice cream. \u00a0Other creative ideas I’ve seen you can do with your frozen ice cream container is to use it for an ice bucket, wine chiller, or bowl to place Popsicles in when serving a bunch of kids at once! \u00a0I love multi-tasking devices!<\/p>\n

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