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Gifting an ice cream machine

One of the best wedding gift ideas I’ve had is to give someone an ice cream machine, along with the starter kit they’d need to make their first batch of ice cream together. This present would be for a bigger celebration: wedding, milestone birthday, or retirement. You’ll want to casually ask about their favorite ice […]

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Adding Nuts to Ice Cream

Nuts add a wonderful crunch and taste to many ice cream recipes. However, raw nuts can get soft and soggy when immersed in liquid or frozen ingredients for a long time. Nuts in ice cream taste best when they are chopped, buttered, salted, and roasted ahead of time. You can buy some nuts, like peanuts, cashews,

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Ice Cream Flavorings

There are many different brands of flavorings to choose from for your ice cream. They can vary greatly and the brand you choose for a particular recipe can have a dramatic impact on how good your ice cream turns out. I recognize that everyone has different tastes and preferences, and a flavor that appeals highly

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Creating New Recipes

I find new ice cream recipe ideas almost every day. Whenever we go on trips we always look up the best rated local ice cream shops, and try a number of their flavors. We make notes of what we liked or didn’t, and which flavors we want to try at home. We were recently on

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Ice Cream Recipe Books

I have read dozens of ice cream recipe books cover to cover, and spent many, many hours online researching recipes and ice cream techniques and suggestions. I have enjoyed all of them, gotten lots of ideas for recipes to try, and learned from all of them. The following are a couple of ice cream recipe

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Zesting lemons

I love the smell of freshly grated lemons. They add an extra zing to lighten up your ice cream. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I like to use a lemon zester like this Microplane version available on Amazon. A grater (like a cheese grater) is usually too big so you get

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Ice Cream Machines

I’ve tried all sorts of ice cream makers! And any of them can make good ice cream. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My personal favorite is the Cuisinart 21 ice cream maker. Commercial ice cream machines Huge commercial ice cream machines at ice cream factories like Tillamook, Turkey Hill, Blue Bonnet,

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Supplies for making ice cream

Just getting started making ice cream? The main thing you need is an ice cream machine. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Any kind of ice cream machine will work. My favorite is the Cuisinart 21 ice cream maker. Read my tip on Ice Cream Machines for more details! Besides the ice

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