Ice Cream Maker- Also Makes Sorbet Frozen Yogurt Dessert 1 Quart Capacity Machine with Included Easy To Make

I have been making ice cream like a PRO with this little machine. After several mistakes, here are my best tips: 1. Make sure your batch is thoroughly cold before you attempt to churn it. I usually make my mix one night, pop it in the fridge, and churn it the next day either during lunch or after dinner. 2. DO NOT USE ANY METAL PRODUCTS IN THIS! The directions also state this but I want to reiterate it as well. It WILL scratch up your pot. Wooden spoons and rubber spatulas seem to work fine to scoop out your ice cream. 3. I highly recommend you add any mix-ins right before your batch is done. This ensures your ice cream will have the best texture. 4. If you're making sugar-free ice cream and you don't want it to freeze hard as a rock, your best bet is to use xylitol as a sugar substitute. I was initially using erythritol as a sweetener but it makes the ice cream frozen solid. I tried adding vodka, vegetable glycerine, and MTC oil to prevent it from becoming a rock, but they don't work. Xylitol acts the most like real sugar and it will leave your ice cream with a scoopable texture. I know it's small, but it makes a decent amount of ice cream. It lasts for several days in my house of 3. I've made custard base recipes and Philadelphia-style (no eggs) and both turned out great! I'm so pleased with this machine, especially for the price. Read more

I'm not vegan, but I can't eat ice cream made from cow's milk at the moment and I can't use the white refined sugar. I'm still working on getting down non-dairy recipes. This ice cream maker works. I have used almond milk, stevia, sometimes honey, vanilla extract and a few other additions and it made creamy ice cream. It has made ice cream in little as 7 minutes. The directions give more of a 15-20 minutes sometimes longer time frame. I only make small amounts at a time, so I have never filled up ice cream maker. The bowl stays cold for a decent amount of time, so you can make different flavors if you don't mind a little of the previous flavor in your mix. One thing to know is that as the ice cream maker comes to room temperature you will find that some of the ice cream was stuck to the bowl. You also have to make sure the lid is on right or it will spin crazy and make a crazy noise. Also wish the opening was a little bit bigger. Read more

waste of money. moter overheated before ice cream was done, everything was ice cold, tub was froze, only made one pint which filled tub up so I do not know how it could be 1 qt. Paddle is so flimsy it will break one ice cream ever starts to form which hasen't happen to me yet. paddle just rocks bak and forth one you put it into motor part Read more

Nice little machine for making small batches of frozen yogurt or ice cream, but it has one significant design flaw. The cover has a locking mechanism which works quite well when the motor is running normally, but when the mixture freezes up the motor automatically reverses and the cover locking mechanism is ineffective. As a result the cover comes off, the motor continue and hazard. One needs to watch this machine as it runs to be able to quickly turn it off when this happens. Read more

I’ve learned how to use this where it works best for me. I make the ice cream early enough (set timer for 40 min.) then put the tub in the freezer for 3-4 hours to firm up. Then I scoop into containers to keep in the freezer. You do not keep unused ice cream in the tub or you won’t be able to scoop it! I wash the tub immediately and put back in the freezer to eat another day. My recipe: 2 pasteurized eggs, 1/2 c sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk, and 2 cups of whole milk. I add a little more milk after I pour In mixture to leave about an inch from top. Yummy! Read more

Worked perfectly. After freezing the base overnight and completely chilling the mixture, it only took about 10 minutes to be ready to eat. Because if the compact size, I only froze about 2/3 of the recipe I used. The recipes that come with it might be more exact. Read more

Before using, make sure tub is frozen for at least 8 hours and ingredients are very chilled. I used it to make frozen cantaloupe sorbet. It was delicious and the texture was perfect. Very easy to use and very good value. Read more

Piece of crap Read more