I bought my first one over 30 years ago. Had so much fun making ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbets. The old one bit the dust and I bought another. I bought a Cuisinart brand for about 60$. It makes about 1 1/2 quarts.
This is a timely post as I purchased 2 ripe mangoes today to make mango frozen yogurt in my ice cream maker.
To get started, you just put the tub in freezer until it is frozen solid. Then make your mixture, chill it and chill the paddle. Pour the mixture in the frozen tub, put the tub on the base, paddle in, lid on, plug it in and let it spin for about 15 minutes.
Here are some of my recipes that I concocted: toasted coconut ice cream, butter pecan ice cream, buttermilk cinnamon ice cream, Blackberry frozen yogurt, caramel frozen yogurt and of course mango frozen yogurt.
When I first got my ice cream maker, I made ice cream the classic way, heating milk, beating in eggs yolks and sugar, then cooling and adding cream. It was good, but not enough better to justify the extra steps. Also I do not use any eggs in my recipes. I like to use cream, but have also used condensed milk..
I make peaches and Bourbon ice as well Brandy Alexander ice cream. I started out with the recipe book that came with ice cream maker, but making ice cream is so simple that I just started making up my own recipes And if I goofed up, we ate the mistakes. I keep the tub in a plastic bag in my freezer, so it is ready to go if we want a little ice cream.
The only bad thing about owning an ice maker is that you are sure to put on a few pounds.
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