Though a trip to the ice-cream stand is a summer staple, nothing beats making your own—a surprisingly easy endeavor with a $60 churn-style machine. Here’s how to improve the product. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies

  EMBRACE EGGS The easiest way to elevate your homemade ice cream is by cooking a custard-style base on the stove. Recipes abound online, but in short you want to whisk together egg yolks and sugar, then add heavy cream and whole milk, and gently stir until the base reaches 170 degrees. Use an instant-read thermometer to eliminate guesswork and avoid a pot of curdled eggs.

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SMOOTH SAILING For an extra-smooth texture, substitute as much as 1⁄4 cup of the sugar in your recipe with corn syrup or glucose syrup. This is especially handy for fruit ice creams, which freeze hard and icy. Upping your cream-to-milk ratio will improve smoothness, too.

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CHILL OUT Once done cooking your base, rest it overnight or chill it in an ice bath until it hits 40 degrees. Cold bases churn faster and creamier and will also result in fewer ice crystals than ones at room temperature. This article is part of our Summer School series, a comprehensive guide to acing the year’s best season.

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Though a trip to the ice-cream stand is a summer staple, nothing beats making your own—a surprisingly easy endeavor with a $60 churn-style machine. Here’s how to improve the product.

In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies

 

EMBRACE EGGS The easiest way to elevate your homemade ice cream is by cooking a custard-style base on the stove. Recipes abound online, but in short you want to whisk together egg yolks and sugar, then add heavy cream and whole milk, and gently stir until the base reaches 170 degrees. Use an instant-read thermometer to eliminate guesswork and avoid a pot of curdled eggs.

27 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in America

Read article

SMOOTH SAILING For an extra-smooth texture, substitute as much as 1⁄4 cup of the sugar in your recipe with corn syrup or glucose syrup. This is especially handy for fruit ice creams, which freeze hard and icy. Upping your cream-to-milk ratio will improve smoothness, too.

27 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in America

Read article

27 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in America

How to Make Healthy Ice Cream With Two Fruit Ingredients

Read article

CHILL OUT Once done cooking your base, rest it overnight or chill it in an ice bath until it hits 40 degrees. Cold bases churn faster and creamier and will also result in fewer ice crystals than ones at room temperature.

How to Make Healthy Ice Cream With Two Fruit Ingredients

Read article

How to Make Healthy Ice Cream With Two Fruit Ingredients

This article is part of our Summer School series, a comprehensive guide to acing the year’s best season.

For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube!

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