Does Anyone Make Homemade Ice Cream?

[katie26]

I find that I usually enjoy custard-based ice cream recipes, rather than ice cream made from an eggless base. This recipe is my current favorite:

http://bravetart.com/recipes/CrazyBananaIceCreamGF

It's pretty labor intensive, but SO worth it.

This one is the same idea, but you don't have to do the whole infusing-bananas-into-dairy thing:

http://bravetart.com/recipes/VanillaBeanIceCreamGF

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Since you mention butter, can I ask what the date was on your whipping cream? I remember my mom made butter (and buttermilk) once by accident, trying to very stiffly whip some cream in her stand mixer. Turns out the cream was too--and I think this is right--fresh.

Yep. Whipping cream needs a few days to set up and "age" or it won't whip properly. Go figure. Usually, what you buy in the store has been in the case a day or three, though, so it's usually safe-ish. Also, if you overwhip heavy cream, you will get the start of the separation between butter and buttermilk. I've done that once or twice when I wasn't paying attention to the mixer!