Ice cream maker recs please

[ohiomommy1122]

I waould like to start making my own sorbet and ice cream with raw milk and was looking for good ice cream maker recs. Thank you in Advance

[moss]

we have a cuisinart like this one: http://www.kitchenproductdeals.com/i...inart20ice.jpg

it's fine for making ice cream. in the summer, i just store the insert in the freezer so it's always ready to go

we've been using the magic bullet blender for fruit sorbets. it's so fast! our basic recipe is 3/4-1c frozen fruit, juice or other liquid (like chocolate almond milk) to cover about halfway and a sweetener (honey, sugar ! , or stevia). it rocks.

[elleystar]

I couldn't get the PP's link to load but I bet I have the exact same one. Here is a link to it on Amazon. It's very popular, very affordable, and works great! The frozen insert is supposed to be put in the freezer for 24 hours before you want to make ice cream, so I also just keep it in there all the time, so it's ready to go at a moment's notice.

[Magelet]

I have an old (from the style of the booklet, 70's? maybe early 80's...) donvier 1 pint (2 c.) hand cranked ice cream maker. I bought it for 3 dollars at a thrift store, and I love it. It's small enough that the freezer part fits well in the freezer all the time, and it's small enough that it makes a reasonable amount of ice cream for two. It's great at making ice cream (with lots of fat, like with 50 % cream 50 % whole milk), only moderate at making sorbet/milk ice cream. (I think if I added more sugar, it would be better at it. It gets a little too icy for the machine sometimes, but I add very little sugar. If you add more fat or sugar or some alcohol, it will have a less icy, more soft texture, and probably work better in the machine. That said, it works fine even for those things, just not brilliant.)

It's actually really easy to make even though it's hand cranked. It takes about 20 minutes, and you only have to turn the handle 1-2 times every 2-3 minutes for ice cream, and every minute or so for sorbet. I'll take it and a book, (or mdc) and crank it absent mindedly, then all of a sudden I have ice cream.

[cristeen]

I have the cuisinart, and it works really well. If you're going to be making it regularly though, I'd definitely recommend getting the one with 2 freezer containers. It has to freeze for AT LEAST 24 hours, so if you're trying to make a number of ice creams for an event, it can take a week or more. We had company last night and I was trying to make several ice creams, and I pulled the freezer out at about 22 hours, and it just didn't work, it wasn't cold enough.

My ideal would be a White Mountain machine, but I can't justify the price of it. Not to mention it's a lot messier than the cuisinart.