Homemade Ice-Cream Makers

In making home-made ice-cream, people with no ice-cream makers, machines, or churners do not need to panic and append money to buy one. It is easy to make ice-cream with your self composed homemade ice-cream makers. And these homemade ice cream makers are actually just a simple combination of everyday tools you find in the kitchen.

Small Bowls -

The first of these tools are small bowls. You can use these small bowls to put some of your ingredients in. Ingredients like cookies, nuts, flavorings and chocolate chips.

Sauce pan -
A heavy sauce pan is the perfect tool for scalding milk. Scalding milk simply means bringing the milk's temperature near simmering.

Measuring spoons -
Measuring spoons are used for adding sugar and salt to the ice-cream base.

Measuring cups -
Measuring cups are best for adding liquids like milk, cream and eggs

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Ice-bath –
This equipment you can make by putting the bowl with the ice-cream in it in a bigger bowl full of ice. This technique brings the ice-cream to cooling temperature faster than normal

Plastic Wrap or wax paper –
This small piece of material will prevent your ice-cream from turning into ice and assures you of a smoother consistency and texture.

Metal or plastic container –
This is where you will store your ice-cream in while it freezes before mixing

Mixer –
Remove the ice-cream from the freezer after four hours and give it a stir in your mixer for a few seconds. This will do the work of an ice-cream churn.

Metal bowls –
The ice-cream freezes well in metal bowls that have been in the freezer for at least one whole day. Freeze the newly mixed ice-cream for at least two hours

Wooden spoon –
Wooden spoons are the best tools to mix in ingredients at the last minute. It is not advisable to mix in last minute ingredients with a mixer because the mixer will break these ingredients into bits and pieces.

Airtight plastic containers –
Put the ice-cream in an airtight plastic container. Pack it tightly then cover the surface with plastic wrap or wax paper. Leave some room at the top for the ice-cream to expand. Put the ice-cream in the freezer and freeze for a few hours until it becomes firm.

Freezer –
The freezer is probably the most essential and important equipment you will need in making ice-cream. This is what gives the ice-cream its character. Freezing it and making it cold.