15-Minute Ice Cream + Homemade Ice Cream Challenge Update
Yep, ice cream in about 15 minutes. And there aren’t several hours of freezing time attached to that. Start to finish — 15 minutes.
A small bag of ice cream base gets jostled around in a bag of ice and rock salt. 5-10 minutes later… ice cream. Not Ben & Jerry’s, but pretty dang good for 15-minute ice cream. (A lot better than the 5-minute chocolate-cake-in-the-mug recipe. Ick.)
To see the step-by-step for making Ice Cream In a Bag, drop by the Tasty Kitchen Blog!
And now…
Homemade Ice Cream Challenge Update
What’s this challenge? At the beginning of July we decided that we were going to make all of the ice cream we eat at home. All summer long.
The results? Eh….
Unfortunately there haven’t been too many ice cream recipes posted this summer. After the Lemon-Buttermilk Sherbet and the Blackberry Lemonade Ice Cream….. there was nothing.Not because we didn’t make ice cream. Boy did we make ice cream. I experimented with each recipe and for one reason or another they didn’t make the cut.
I should title this section, “Ode to The Perfect Scoop
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.”Most of our ice cream attempts were variations on recipes from this book. And they all had their virtues. Let me explain.
Roasted Banana and Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches. Sounds promising, right? I had high hopes for this one. The Roasted Banana Ice Cream from the book was outstanding right out of the machine. Seriously, for an avid banana hater, I loved it. I also loved banana creamies, and this ice cream was everything that a banana creamy tried to be but fell short.
After it froze, though, it was extremely icy. With a few tweaks it would be awesome. The cookie recipe was from the oatmeal cookie recipe in the book with the addition of minced butterscotch chips. Cookies were good. Ice cream was good. Together? Not like I hoped. The cookies were a LOT sweeter than the ice cream and didn’t pair well together. Potential, though.
Peppermint Ice Cream with Fudge Ripple. This one was one of our favorites. I adapted a couple of recipes from the book to make this, but made the mistake of adding too much vanilla and not enough peppermint. I may make this one and post it in the future.
The fudge ripple? GOLD.
Chocolate-Mint Ice Cream with Peppermint Patties. We really like mint & chocolate around here. This one would have made it to the blog except one night as I was putting it back into the freezer, I actually put it into the refrigerator instead…. and didn’t notice until the next morning.
After the initial shock and sadness, I was pleasantly surprised to find the absolute best chocolate pudding I’ve ever eaten. The base is THAT thick. I’ll be making that one again. Probably this week.
I didn’t use the peppermint patty recipe from the book, but used a recipe from Elana’s Pantry instead which used only three ingredients: coconut oil, agave, and dark chocolate. Interesting flavor, but a complete pain in the rear to cover in chocolate. We liked them, but found that they’re best stored, chopped up, in the freezer as a topping.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream. Last, I tried one that wasn’t from The Perfect Scoop, but from Annie’s Eats. I had high hopes for this one, but was slightly disappointed. The ice cream base tasted kind of like cookie dough… but was rather greasy and left a weird film on the roof of my mouth. The cookie dough pieces were a disaster, but I think that was my fault. And WAY too much chocolate in both the ice cream and the cookie dough itself. It was decent, but I think with a few tweaks it would be pretty fantastic.
And there you have it.
We don’t regret making ice cream all summer. Or buying half-gallon containers of cream from Costco.
It was kind of fun.
I promise I’ll have a recipe for you next time!
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Jodi — September 15, 2011 @ 1:52 pm
The ice cream in a bag is really fun for kids but I highly recommend wearing winter gloves for this fun task. Things get VERY cold!
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Mrs. C — September 15, 2011 @ 2:05 pm
Ok this is just the best idea ever!!! I love making ice cream. You have quite the collection of some of the best flavors you tried to make. Saw the ice cream in a bag on Tasty Kitchen and that's just genius! Cannot wait to try it!!! Completely loving your site! Check out my shrimp gazpacho recipe from farmer's market veggies…you will love and great for entertaining! Plus jewelry giveaway!!!
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Marisa Hopkins — September 15, 2011 @ 3:56 pm
Oooh, I need to try this with my girls!!!
I have an ice cream maker, but lost a part – must reorder it!!
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ネコチョコ — September 15, 2011 @ 4:03 pm
These look so yummy!
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Joanne — September 15, 2011 @ 5:34 pm
Thanks for posting about these even though they didn't quite work out! I'm planning on buying the Perfect Scoop and it's good to have some idea of what changes I should make if I attempt these!
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DancingMooney ♥ — September 15, 2011 @ 9:52 pm
Kudos to you for making your own ice cream all summer long, and for trying out so many yummy sounding recipes! I have to admit, I'm much too lazy for that. ;)
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Budget Gourmet Mom — September 16, 2011 @ 4:46 am
I love this idea, Natalie! For someone who is ice cream maker-less I really want to try this with the kids!
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The Three Little Piglets — September 16, 2011 @ 12:13 pm
Just remember that all those times things don't turn out like they do in your head are worth it for the ones that turn out even better than you hoped!
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Amanda — September 17, 2011 @ 1:12 pm
I actually have one of those ice cream balls to do this for me….
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Cara — September 19, 2011 @ 1:44 am
I wish I could be so critical about ice cream. I have a feeling I'd find it hard to resist even mediocre ice cream!
Have you tried Liebowitz's cinnamon ice cream? I'm not sure if it's in that book, but it's been blogged about a lot. And, it's seriously awesome. Last fall we served it alongside an apple cake and a cranberry tart and it was such a hit!
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Jolene - EverydayFoodie — September 22, 2011 @ 3:41 am
You have no idea how good "Roasted Banana and Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches" sound to me!!!!!
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Kell — September 25, 2011 @ 10:38 pm
pretty please post the peppermint fudge ripple soon, that sounds divine right now. i bet anything with "fudge ripple" in it would be amazing ;)
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