Adding Extras To Homemade Ice Cream

With most ice cream recipes, you can go one step further and add something extra to make the flavor and texture more exciting. If you're using an electric ice cream maker, there are 2 ways of doing this:

1. Adding solid extras
Just wait until the last 2 or 3 minutes before your ice cream has batched and then add your choice from a whole list of options such as fudge chunks, chopped hazelnuts, almonds or walnuts, mashed banana and chocolate chips. There's lots more.


Here are some examples to try:
Banana Ice Cream with chunks of fudge
Chocolate Ice Cream with 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Strawberry Ice Cream with 1/2 cup mashed banana

IMPORTANT: Be sure to chop any solid extras into small pieces, especially if you are making ice cream for small children.

2. Adding liquid or powder extras
Just before transferring your ice cream mixture into the ice cream maker, you can add such things as mint extract or cinammon. Again, there's lots more.

Some examples:
Chocolate Ice Cream with 1 tablespoon of cinammon
Chocolate Ice Cream with 1 teaspoon of mint extract

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