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707 of 717 people found the following review helpful.
Awesome and Easy!
By H. Woolsey
I purchased this after much debate regarding whether or not I necessitated a two quart ice cream maker or just go with the primary Cuisinart $49.95 one. I am so glad i purchased this one. It is so great. Easy to use, makes alot of ice cream,so sleek looking.
I have a tiny kicthen and everytime I turn around I am buying something that will clutter my counterspace, but I have to say this I don’t mind. It is square, not to bulky and the cord fits nicely up inside the machine. It doesn’t dangle or anything. It’s right next to my KitchenAid.
I have made two recipes out of the manual that comes with the machine. I normally don’t like “manual recipes” however, these are fantastic. The Mango Gelato was a big hit with family and friends. One girl who doesn’t like ice cream, liked it. The simple ice creams that do not require making a custard, you just mix all the ingredients together and freeze, I was thinking it would be terrible. It wasn’t, so you may make ice cream in 30minutes from start out to finish with those recipes.
I do keep the bowl in the freezer like others suggested with the littler ice cream maker. It has been very utile to have it already frozen when I am ready to make ice cream.
As far as noise, it is not as quiet as I thought, but don’t let that scare you. It’s not like turning on a blender and leaving it running for 25 minutes. It’s not an annoying noise. Not like the old ice cream manufacturers with the ice and stuff. It is fun to watch it churn too. So the noise just fades to the background.
It’s very interactional and a great thing to do with kids and company.
I actually can’t say sufficient good. One of the best appliance investments I have crazy yet.
336 of 348 people found the following review helpful.
I love this machine!
By Carol Brearley
I applied this to make a custard based ice cream (recipe below) and it came out WONDERFULLY! The ice cream was done in 20 minutes and the consistency was fluffy. The recipe I made before (non custard) didn’t thicken as nice, but I believe it was because it was not made with the custard base. I have uploaded a client effigy of the maker in action near the end of the cycle.
*TIP* Make sure the bowl is totally frozen and do not pull it out until you are ready to pour the ingredients in.
Custard Base Recipe:
Ingredients for base – 4 egg yolks, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar.
For Ice cream – base, 1 cup fresh heavy cream, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
Directions – In a double boiler tardily fetch milk to a boil. In a glass bowl mix together egg yolks and sugar until thickened. Slowly pour in the milk stirring constantly. Return to double boiler and tardily heat until thickened. (Mixture will stick to back of the spoon. DO NOT BOIL! Remove from heat and concede to cool. (I commend putting it in the freezer for regarding 2 hours before using.) When the mixture is cooled mix in the heavy cream and vanilla. According to maker directions, turn on machine and tardily pour mixture in. If you want to add chips, fruit or anything else to the ice cream, do it regarding 5 minutes before the end of the cycle. Enjoy!
234 of 242 persons found the following review helpful.
Just Fantastic!
By Bradley D. Horton
If you like frozen treats and you like them effortlessly made with very little mess and fuss…for goodness sake get this appliance BUT don’t use the recipes in the machine’s guide…also pick up Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book. We purchased this frozen treat maker based on the reviews here and it exceeded our expectations…we’ve made a number of the recipes in Ben and Jerry’s book but I’ll describe our introductory effort because it’s representative of all our efforts…here it goes…I threw together a good deal of sugar, milk, eggs, and cream for in regards to 5 minutes…placed it in the machine, turned it on, did a heap of chores for 23 quick minutes…two minutes before stopping the machine I added crushed Oreos…I stopped the machine and we enjoyed utterly GREAT ice cream…clean up was a breeze…that’s it! One warning…Ben and Jerry’s recipes say a “generous one quart”…that means close to two quarts. I have to say the “problem” cited by a heap of of having to keep the freezing bowl in the freezer wasn’t an issue…in fact, I’ll in all likelihood get another bowl and keep it in the freezer as well…they take up VERY little space. Get this machine and enjoy…it’s a no-brainer folks!!!
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