4 Qt. Dark Wood Bucket Electric Ice Cream Maker

This electric ice cream maker is something fun to do with kids. Be sure you have a bag or two of ice and plenty of salt before you begin! We tried to use the ice from our freezer but it wasn't nearly enough. This maker is easy to use and it comes with 10 recipes! Since we have never made ice cream before we started with the Easy Vanilla recipe since we only needed cream, half and half, sugar and vanilla. Ours came out more like a milkshake consistancy but once we froze it, it looked more like ice cream. It took 30 minutes to blend and in the end we were all pleased with the taste!! Can't wait to make our next batch! Also love the nostalgic look of the bucket, if you choose to leave out on your counter it looks great! It is approximately 11 1/2" H x 12" in diameter so I feel like it takes up a lot of counter top space to leave it out all of the time but it is easy to pack away and pull out as needed! Very fun product! Will add lots of fun to our summer!

This is the first time I've ever made my own ice cream, so I was nervous it wouldn't turn out right. It not only turned out right, it turned out totally awesome. I love the Nostalgia Old Fashioned Ice Cream Maker. Using the most simple recipe in the owners manual, which is the Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe, I created homemade ice cream that literally taste as good as Ben & Jerry's for a fraction of the cost. This recipe also had the fewest number of ingredients. Milk, Cocoa, and Condensed Milk. Wow, it turned out so rich and creamy, and very delicious. I cut the original recipe down to 2/3, tweaked the cocoa with a substitute, and used lowfat milk. The finished product made about a quart and a half of ice cream (+/-) . The Canister sat in the freezer to chill overnight before I made the ice cream, and the cans of Condensed Milk sat in the refrigerator to chill. For the cocoa, I opened up four individual packets of Swiss Miss Instant Hot Chocolate (without marshmellows). So, the final Chocolate Ice Cream recipe is as follows: Two 14-ounce cans Condensed Milk, Four Cups Milk, Four Individual Packets Swiss Miss Instant Hot Cocoa. Using the pre-chilled ingredients it took the Ice Cream Maker about 30 minutes to complete. The Canister can store the finished product in your freezer. The lid comes with an optional handle for specifically that purpose. I used a total of about 12 cups of ice and 4 cups of rock salt. That includes the extra ice and salt I added halfway through the process. The Old Fashioned Wooden Ice Cream Bucket is very cute and very authentic looking. It is lined well inside. The electric motor worked well and churned at an even pace. I'm happy with the results and look forward to trying their other recipes included in the owners manual.

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Worth the price, easy to assemble , easy to use

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Only wish were to have a on/off switch instead of having to plug/unplug. More ice cream recipes would also be nice.

Perfect old fashioned machine.

Wonderful ice cream out of this machine.. used less ice and salt than called for, texture was smooth without discernible crystals. I’ll be getting another if this one goes kuput.