Cuisinart Ice Cream & Yogurt Makers
Nothing beats a scoop or two of cold ice cream on a sweltering summer day, but it may taste even better if it’s homemade. A small freezer bowl that holds just 5 ounces lets everyone make and eat their favorite flavor of ice cream out just one bowl. Kids and kids at heart will get a kick out of mixing ingredients by hand and watching as the cold dish instantly turns it into ice cream. You can make up to two quarts per batch with this model, plus there are speed settings to create ice cream, sorbet, and gelato. The Della Ice Cream Maker is equipped with a yogurt maker function, which warms the milk and culture up to set it before chilling it down to serving temperature. If you’re interested in an ice-cream-and-yogurt-machine combo, then this is your best bet.
Southern Living is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporationthis link opens in a new tab All Rights Reserved. Southern Living may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. To know me is to know that I am a review reader—as in, I will read dozens of reviews until I’m sure I’ve gathered the necessary information for a purchase. Luckily it was a long drive out to the farm and back. What I gathered in the nearly two-hour trek was that the Pioneer Woman’s Strawberry Ice Cream is second to none, and a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker is the right appliance for the job.
The lid has a removable cup for measuring up to 1/2 cup of add-ins, and when the cup is removed, there’s a handy hole for pouring those ingredients in. There’s also a separate, more expansive recipe book that includes how-tos for making cuisinart pots and pans set flavors like cotton candy, pecan praline, and cocktail-inspired treats for adults. There are 100 recipes here that should satisfy any preference, no matter how obscure. We test every product and want you to love what you buy.
After 30 minutes, my sous chef yelled, “It stopped!” The ice cream was too thick for the churning to continue. I wasn’t able to mix in the marshmallow cream, graham cracker, and chocolate. Fortunately, my teenager wasn’t excited about s’mores ice cuisinart soup maker cream in the first place and preferred the plain chocolate. And, my kindergartener was happy with the mix-in ingredients served on top. The colder the bowl, the faster it will freeze the ice cream and the better the quality of the final product.
So stick to good recipes that ask for 3 cups of liquid, pre-chill the mixture and you should be OK. All mixes should be chilled to around 4°C before they go in the machine. Ideally they should be cooled and aged in the fridge overnight. If that’s not practical because you’re in rush, you can put the mix in a zip lock bag and cool it quickly in an ice bath. In fact, I think most people will be able to fit it in their freezers.