I prefer to use custard as my ice cream base regardless of how I flavor it, and here's why. Custards are made with eggs. Egg yolks contain lecithin, which are chains of fatty acid… See more

You could think of this recipe as a two-for-one. The custard base is just homemade vanilla ice cream. If you run short on time, or mid-make realize your kids somehow managed t… See more

When homemade ice cream first comes out of the ice cream maker, it will be the consistency of soft serve ice cream. Feel free to eat it that way, but if you want a firmer consi… See more

Homemade ice cream doesn’t have the stabilizers that commercially made ice creams use, so it won’t maintain its creamy texture quite as long as something from the store. In ot… See more

An ice cream maker is a worthy investment. I have a Cuisinart similar to this one, and I like it because it doesn’t take up too much space in my cupboard, and it’s easy to clean. If ad… See more