if you can, add some sliced fresh peaches, omg!!! we don't do fresh anymore, sigh..but we have found sugar free that's pretty good...

mixed some a bit too long years ago and tiny flecks of butter, my mil said it was the best she every had, lol...

yes, homemade ice cream is NOTHING like what you buy in the store! and it's so easy to make....

Mother always had a big bowl of homemade vanilla ice cream in the refrigerator for my dad. Never saw a recipe :o(

I love making home made ice cream. My favorite book is The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. The Perfect Scoop

When we lived in Oklahoma we had a pool party every Sunday with lots of friends coming over. Every one brought something for the table. We always had the smoker going with some kind of meat, ribs or steak, or pork etc and I always mixed up a batch of my delish home made ice cream, each time with a different surprise ingredient, from banana, peach, mango, blackberry to nuts and it was a huge hit. I miss those fun times. I miss the ice cream too. I should try to find where the machine is and drag it out. My neighbor started making some recently.

I haven't made any in ages....need to do that.

Ruthie those new machines are really nice.

This is like mine:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-21-Frozen-Yogurt-Ice-Sorbet/dp/B003KYSLMW/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1442872943&sr=1-1&keywords=cuisinart+ice+cream+maker

We bought the kitchen aid bowl attachment- love it tastes so good

that is the one I have but red. Super rich, super fattening and expensive to make. However, it is nice to have as an activity when young ones are around so worth having for that

No preservatives, no high fructose corn syrup... all natural and so much better! I tried the attachment for the kitchen aid, but mine is to old, the attachment slips to much. Is much quieter however... oh well. I also still have the old old old one from Aunt Freda, the hand crank model... :) Haven't used it in decades.

@newgardenelf: What recipe do you use, please. I have the Kitchen Aid bowl attachment and the only time I made ice cream, it didn't work. As I was slowly pouring the mixture into the bowl, it froze so the mixer would not even work. That experience scared me into believing if I tried again, the Kitchen Aid mixer would be ruined. Anyone who has any advice or recipes that work, would you please post either or both, please.

I make ice cream for special occasions, usually upon request. Lemon custard is the only flavor.....HERE'S the recipe I use, though I add about a quarter tsp. of vanilla bean paste.

I'll usually make chewy ginger cookies to go with it.

My son was asking for homemade ice cream earlier. He knows where the ice cream maker is. Will have to put on my to do list.

Someone here found a bargain for Cuisinart ice cream makers about 6 or so years ago and told us at the Kitchen Table about it. $7 each on Amazon, as I recall. So I bought one for us and every family that we exchange Christmas gifts with. Then as I placed the order, I would have free delivery if I spent another $7.00, and I ordered an extra. Then my son called me to ask my opinion about giving his sister an ice cream maker for her birthday in two weeks. I told him I had two extra ones arriving within the week and he could have them. He and DIL make ice cream all the time. I love when folks here share the news about good shopping bargains.

In the 1940s, I remember cranking the ice cream maker. That was a lot of work, but the result was yummy. People of today probably do not know about the goodly amount of salt that was added to the ice to make it cool the mixture faster and colder.

Jemdandy, they sure do! This is the modern version. Probably more fun. You play catch with it, or roll it around. Still uses rock salt to cool the ice. :)

That does look like a more fun device. Hmmm, can you play soccer with it?

Thanks for the recipe, Rhizo. That looks very good. Lemon is my favorite flavor.

I use Lars (from the cooking forum) basic recipe, but I did alter it.

Chocolate Ice Cream

3/4 cup sugar
1 cup half and half

1/4 teaspoon salt
2 HEAPING tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
powder sifted
3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
2 ounces (or more)
semisweet chocolate, chopped (Mocha chocolate is really good for
this, or Aldi's dark chocolate, any good chocolate will do)
2 cups heavy cream
some
Baileys, I am not to precise about the amount
1/2 cup toasted
hazelnuts, chopped (optional) or Pecans! :)

1. Combine sugar, half and half,
salt, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring
constantly. Bring to a simmer. Place the egg yolks into a small bowl.
Gradually stir in about 1/2 cup of the hot liquid and return to the
saucepan.

Heat until thickened, but do not
boil.

Remove from the heat, and stir in the
chopped chocolate until chocolate is melted. Pour into a chilled
bowl, and refrigerate for about two hours until cold, stirring
occasionally.

2. When chocolate mixture has
completely cooled, stir in the cream, and Baileys (or your favorite
liqueur). Pour into an ice cream maker, and freeze according to
manufacturer's directions. I normally add the nuts about ten minutes
before the end.

Jemdandy, I think there are versions that are meant to be kicked around. They have opaque sides which may have a little give. You can check them out on Amazon, and lots of stores carry them, though they might be in the seasonal displays, at some places, which are changing over to Halloween.