urgent advise on ice-cream maker needed!

14 years ago

I recently bought Cousinart ice-cream maker. I used it once, it makes great ice cream. Today my husband wants ice cream, and I promised him to make it, but I just remembered i did not put freezer bowl in the freezer earlier today. My question is if I put it in the freezer now, is it possible to make ice cream in 2 hours? Or it is not enough(manual says for much longer time in the freezer).

Thank you for any input.

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maureen_me
14 years ago
In my experience it takes a lot longer than two hours for the freezer bowl to get down to working temperature. That's why I store mine in the freezer, so it's always good to go.
John Liu
14 years ago
If you get a lot of these "I want ice cream and I want it now" moments, you could consider an ice cream maker with built-in refrigeration. I can make soft ice cream or gelato in about 1/2 an hour, prep to serve, with my old machine that you could probably get on eBay for $100 or so. But - I'm now on a sub-1,500 calorie/day diet, so Porking Out On The Ice Cream Has Consequences.

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fearlessem
14 years ago
Absolutely no chance in 2 hours. Actually usually should be two days, but sometimes I can get away with 24 hours if the ice cream base is really cold.
althetrainer
14 years ago
Mine takes a long time to be ready so 2 hours probably will not be cold enough. That's why I made the freezer home to my ice cream bowl. If you have frozen bananas or strawberries, you can use your blender to make banana/strawberry "ice cream". Just use milk or cream, (cocoa powder if you want chocolate flavor), throw in small chunks of frozen banana/strawberries and blend away. Add sweetener if needed. It's not really ice cream but still very good!

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nancylouise5me
14 years ago
Nope, not enough time for the container to freeze properly. We also keep our Cousinart ice cream container in the freezer section. Ready at a minutes' notice. NancyLouise
shaun
14 years ago
Yeah, my ice cream bowl has been in the freezer for well over a year now. I really should make some ice cream for the boys.
doucanoe
14 years ago
In agreement with the others. 2 hours is not nearly enough time to freeze the bowl. I keep my bowl in the freezer, too.

Poor guy....he'll have to wait a couple of days. LOL

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centralcacyclist
14 years ago
Go buy some Ben & Jerry's and scoop it into the ice cream maker bowl and make some kitchen noise. :)

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shaun
14 years ago
barnmom!!!! hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
annie1992
14 years ago
I agree, not nearly enough time. Mine takes up space in the freezer too, although I only make ice cream about twice a year.

I need to rethink that. Either make more ice cream or take the blasted thing out of the freezer!

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natalija_gardener
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14 years ago
Thanks a lot for all your advice!
He ended up going to the store and buying his ice cream there. Ususally if he WANTS something really bad (and it IS ice cream in most cases)he will find the way to get it anyway.
This was the reason I bought this ice cr.machine, because we spent fortune on it because of my DH addiction (my 3 y.o. hates ice cream, I can live without it). BTW it is not so much cheaper to make this ice cream at home(ingredients are expensive as I figured out later), but at least(I comfort myself) it is always fresh without mean preservatives in it.

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