Sugar Plum Swirl Ice Cream recipe

For Christmas I made the Sugar Plum Swirl Ice Cream I mentioned the other day. It came out great!

Here is the recipe:

First, make my Sweet Cream Base.

Next, after whisking in the Vanilla, add to the Ice Cream maker "following manufacturer's instructions."

While the ice cream is being made, put the Sugar Plum Jam (from Stonewall Kitchen) in a bowl so that it will be easier to work with.

Then, when the ice cream is complete, transfer it to the dish you plan to freeze it in, and swirl in the Sugar Plum Jam.

Freeze at least a few hours, preferably overnight.

Serve with a sugar cookie.

Enjoy!
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Sugar Plum Swirl Ice Cream

This year for Christmas I will be making Sugar Plum Swirl Ice Cream. I will be using Sugar Plum Jam from Stonewall Kitchen, which I discovered for the first time this year.

First I will make vanilla ice cream using my nearly famous sweet cream base. Then when the ice cream is finished in the ice cream maker, I will add the Sugar Plum Jam - stirring it in as a ripple just before freezing.

I plan to serve it with Sugar Cookies.

Yum! Sugar Plum Swirl Ice Cream! I will follow up after making it with a picture or two.

Enjoy!
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My Sweet Cream Base for homemade Ice Cream

Here is how I make it:

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Stir the sugar and half-and-half together in a saucepan. Heat slowly over medium-low heat stirring frequently. When this mixture starts to simmer, remove from heat.

While the sugar and half-and-half are heating, combine the beaten eggs and heavy cream in a mixing bowl. Whisk them up well.

After removing the sugar and half-and-half from the heat, slowly add small amounts to the egg and cream mixture, stirring constantly. Add a little of the warm mix at a time so you do not scramble the egg mix. Take your time. Keep adding the warm mix to the egg and cream mix until you have added it all, stirring the whole time.

Put the combined mixture into the saucepan, and heat again over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Stir until it is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.

Remove from heat. Refrigerate overnight.

Whisk in the vanilla just before adding to your ice cream maker.

Enjoy!
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Cinnamon Ice Cream

For Thanksgiving I made Cinnamon Ice Cream, using the recipe for the Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk ice cream I made last March. This time I didn't add the cookie chunks because I wanted it to be something people would want with my homemade pumpkin pie.

It was outrageously good!

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Homemade Waffle Cones

Homemade Waffle Cones, originally uploaded by sfinley_nh.

I made wafflecones this weekend - yum!

Homemade Strawberry Pie

Homemade Strawberry Pie, originally uploaded by sfinley_nh.

My wife made an amazing fresh strawberry pie - just strawberries, a little sugar, a little pectin - all delicious!

Here are the strawberries and crust just before putting them all together:



Here is the pie before putting the glaze on:



Yum!

Enjoy!
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Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream

Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream, originally uploaded by sfinley_nh.

Today I made fresh blueberry ice cream - wow - tastes like summer!

I will post the recipe in a few days ...

Enjoy
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Summer Peach Ice Cream

Here is how I made my Summer Peach Ice Cream :

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar and a separate 1/3 cup sugar (for the peaches)
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 fresh ripe peaches
1/2 lemon

This is my nearly famous cream base:
Stir the sugar and half-and-half together in a saucepan. Heat slowly over medium-low heat stirring frequently. When this mixture starts to simmer, remove from heat. Careful not to boil.

While the sugar and half-and-half are heating, combine the beaten eggs and heavy cream in a mixing bowl. Whisk them up well.

After removing the sugar and half-and-half from the heat, slowly add small amounts to the egg and cream mixture, stirring constantly. Add a little of the warm mix at a time so you do not scramble the egg mix. Take your time. Keep adding the warm mix to the egg and cream mix until you have added it all, stirring the whole time.

Put the combined mixture into the saucepan, and heat again over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Stir until it is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.

Remove from heat, and let cool at room temperature for about an hour. Refrigerate overnight.

To prepare the peaches:
Peel the peaches, remove the pits, and cut up into 1/2 sized chunks. Place in a mixing bowl with the 1/3 cup sugar and mix up well. Squeeze the juice from the lemon in, mix again and refrigerate for a couple hours.

Now that the peaches have started making juice - place them in a food processor and pulse in short bursts until they are just small bits. Pour them through a strainer to separate out the juice from the pulp.

Make the ice cream:
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the chilled ice cream mix (adding it just before putting the mix in the ice cream maker ensures the best taste).

Add the juice from the peaches to the ice cream mix and whisk thoroughly - saving the peach pulp to the side to add near the end.

Add to your ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions. When the ice cream is nearly done, add in the peach pulp and there you have it: my recipe for homemade Summer Peach ice cream!

My amazing wife made an outstanding fresh raspberry sauce to go with it - turning it all into peach melba - yum!

Enjoy!
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Win Free Ben & Jerry's Flipped Out Ice Cream Today, July 24

Today (Friday, July 24 2009) I am giving away 25 coupons for free Ben & Jerry's "ʇno pǝdd!lɟ" Ice Cream in my "Flipped Out Friday" giveaway on Twitter ... courtesy of @cherrygarcia ...



To win, follow @sfinleynh on Twitter, watch my Twitter for more "ʇno pǝdd!lɟ" details.

Make sure you communicate with me via Twitter so that I can contact you and get you the coupons!

Enjoy!
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Homemade Butter Crunch Ice Cream

Homemade Butter Crunch Ice Cream
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For Father's Day I made homemade butter crunch ice cream, made with homemade toffee.

UPDATE: I just posted the recipe here.


Enjoy!
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Check out my new picture blog!

I have a new blog for my other hobby - photography



- check it out sometime: http://scotts-pics.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!
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New York Super Fudge Chunk

My daughter requested that I make homemade New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream for her birthday - so I did.

I knew I needed to get good ingredients, since the Ben and Jerry's version contains White & Dark Fudge Chunks, Pecans, Walnuts & Fudge Covered Almonds - so I went to The Chocolatier in Exeter NH again (when I made "Box of Chocolates" ice cream).

They helped me pick out some chocolate fudge, plus some white-chocolate almond bark, and some chocolate pecan bark.

I made a rich chocolate base, and put the broken bark in near the end of the process. I added large chunks of fudge by hand as I was scooping it into the bowl and before putting it into the freezer.

It came out great!

Enjoy!
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The Original Flavors I have created so far!

Here is a list of all the different homemade ice cream flavors I have made so far:

Strawberry Garcia - strawberry ice cream loaded with chocolate chips

French Vanilla Grapenut - simple but delicious

"Mud Season" - mocha ice cream (chocolate and coffee), chunks of Pepperidge Farms Brownie Cookies, a ripple of chocolate fudge and some crushed cookie crumbs to achieve the "dirt" effect!

Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk - combining the delicious Snickerdoodle cookies from Pepperidge Farms with a Cinnamon ice cream base

"Box of Chocolates" - peanut-butter filled chocolate hearts, some dark chocolate, some milk chocolate all from the Chocolatier in Exeter NH - in a chocolate ice cream base

"Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar" - think "Heath Bar Crunch" ice cream ...

Mocha Chocolate-chip - another simple but delicious combination!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar - wicked good!


"Apple Crisp" - one of my first creations - wow it's good!

"Chocolate-Raspberry-Chip" - an early combination


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my recipe for Homemade Strawberry Garcia Ice Cream

Here is my recipe for Strawberry Garcia Ice Cream (strawberry ice cream loaded with chunks of chocolate):     Ingredients:     1 cup sugar and a separate 1/3 cup sugar (for the strawberries)     2 eggs, beaten     1 1/2 cups half-and-half     1 cup heavy cream     1 teaspoon vanilla extract     1 pint strawberries     1/2 lemon (or lime - which ever you prefer)     3 Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate bars, broken into chunks This is my nearly famous cream base:     Stir the sugar and half-and-half together in a saucepan. Heat slowly over medium-low heat stirring frequently. When this mixture starts to simmer, remove from heat.  Careful not to boil.     While the sugar and half-and-half are heating, combine the beaten eggs and heavy cream in a mixing bowl. Whisk them up well.     After removing the sugar and half-and-half from the heat, slowly add small amounts to the egg and cream mixture, stirring constantly. Add a little of the warm mix at a time so you do not scramble the egg mix. Take your time. Keep adding the warm mix to the egg and cream mix until you have added it all, stirring the whole time.     Put the combined mixture into the saucepan, and heat again over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Stir until it is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.     Remove from heat, and let cool at room temperature for about an hour.  Refrigerate overnight. To prepare the strawberries:     Wash the strawberries, trim off the tops and cut each into 4 or 5 slices.  Place in a mixing bowl with the 1/3 cup sugar and mix up well.  Squeeze the juice from the lemon in, mix again and refrigerate for a couple hours.     Now that the strawberries have started making juice - place them in a food processor and pulse in short bursts until they are just small bits.  Pour them through a strainer to separate out the juice from the pulp. Make the ice cream:     Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the chilled ice cream mix (adding it just before putting the mix in the ice cream maker ensures the best taste).     Add the juice from the strawberries to the ice cream mix and whisk thoroughly - saving the strawberry pulp to the side to add near the end.     Add to your ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions. When the ice cream is nearly done, add in the strawberry pulp and the chocolate chunks and there you have it: my recipe for homemade Strawberry Garcia ice cream! Enjoy! - Scott --------------------------------------------- - Scott's Scoop - an ice cream blog - random thoughts on making homemade ice cream --------------------------------------------- Strawberry Garcia ice cream recipe Ice cream maker Strawberry ice cream recipe homemade ice cream

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Homemade Strawberry Garcia Ice Cream

This was one of my best creations yet - Homemade Strawberry Garcia Ice Cream - creamy strawberry ice cream with shattered dark chocolate chips - wow!



I will follow up in the next day or so with the recipe.

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Next up: Homemade Strawberry Garcia Ice Cream

It is finally time! The local stores have lots of strawberries - so it is time to make my variation on Cherry Garcia called Strawberry Garcia - creamy strawberry ice cream with chocolate chips - mmmm!

I have posted the recipe here!

Enjoy!
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Homemade French Vanilla Grapenut Ice Cream

Over Mother's Day weekend (I know this post is late) I made a simple but delicious flavor - French Vanilla Grapenut Ice Cream - using my new favorite recipe that I first used when making my Homemade Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk earlier this spring.

MMMMMMMM! It was good!

Enjoy!
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Homemade "Mud Season" ice cream

This time I made an original flavor I call "Mud Season". I made mocha ice cream (chocolate and coffee), and added chunks of these Pepperidge Farms Brownie Cookies.



I also added a ripple of chocolate fudge and some crushed cookie crumbs to achieve the "dirt" effect! Wow! It was amazing!

Stay tuned for the recipe. I will post it in a couple days.

Enjoy!
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My picture used in NH Magazine article

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was used in the NH Magazine article "18 Miles 18 Walks" now online.

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Homemade Ice Cream - Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk flavor

I made homemade Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk ice cream this past weekend, combining the delicious Snickerdoodle cookies from Pepperidge Farms with a Cinnamon ice cream base.



Here is how I made it:

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy cream
2 cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 Pepperidge Farms Snickerdoodle cookies, broken into chunks

Stir the sugar and half-and-half together in a saucepan. Heat slowly over medium-low heat stirring frequently. When this mixture starts to simmer, remove from heat.

While the sugar and half-and-half are heating, combine the beaten eggs and heavy cream in a mixing bowl. Whisk them up well.

After removing the sugar and half-and-half from the heat, slowly add small amounts to the egg and cream mixture, stirring constantly. Add a little of the warm mix at a time so you do not scramble the egg mix. Take your time. Keep adding the warm mix to the egg and cream mix until you have added it all, stirring the whole time.

Put the combined mixture into the saucepan, add the two cinnamon sticks and heat again over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Stir until it is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.

Remove from heat, and remove the cinnamon sticks.

Whisk in the vanilla and ground cinnamon, and refrigerate overnight.

Add to your ice cream maker following manufacturer's instructions. When the ice cream is nearly done, pour in the Snickerdoodle cookie chunks and there you have it: my recipe for homemade Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Chunk ice cream!

MMMMM! It was my best yet!

Enjoy!
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"Box of Chocolates" ice cream [updated]

Recently, Turkey Hill Dairy blogged about a new ice cream flavor just out for Valentine's Day called Box of Chocolates. Box of Chocolates ice cream is "filled with dark chocolate raspberry cups, chocolate almonds and white chocolate chunks and swirled with chocolate chips. It’s practically your own box of chocolates in a container of ice cream!"

MMMM! Sounds good. I am thinking of doing my own variation of Box of Chocolates ice cream. I'll start by paying a visit to



the Chocolatier - the excellent chocolate shop in Exeter NH. I love their dark chocolate peanut butter cups. And like Turkey Hill - I will put it all in a chocolate ice cream base.

This one could be REALLY good!

[update]:

I paid a visit to the Chocolatier today - lot's of delicious choices. I got some peanut-butter filled chocolate hearts, some dark chocolate, some milk chocolate, and some chocolate cinnamon cappuccino beans. I will be making this on Saturday in a chocolate ice cream base. Yum!

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Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar ice cream

My next homemade ice cream flavor will be "Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar" ice cream. A "Hershey's Almonds and Toffee Symphony bar" is a lot like "Heath Bar" but bigger, and better IMHO! So think "Heath Bar Crunch" ice cream ...

MMMMM! Can't wait! Today is the day I am making this, and there is much anticipation in the house for it!

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Welcome to my ice cream blog!

Hello!

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Welcome to all homemade ice cream fans everywhere! I hope you enjoy my occassional posts about making homemade ice cream, and especially the original flavors I write about. Let me know any experiences you have and what your favorite ice cream flavors are!

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Mocha Chocolate-chip

Today's flavor is a chocolate variation ... Mocha Chocolate-chip ice cream.

I am using Dutch-process cocoa, along with
Mount Hagen Organic-Cafe instant coffee



and a Newman's Own Organic Chocolate bar



in the "Sweet Cream Base" from the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream recipe book.

We are looking forward to this one!

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The "What flavor should I make next?" poll has closed

The "What flavor should I make next?" ice cream poll has closed.

Here are the results:

"apple crisp" - 2 (12%)

"chocolate" - 3 (18%)

"chocolate peanut butter chunk" - 4 (25%)

"peanut butter and fudge ripple" - 1 (6%)

"strawberry Garcia" - 6 (37%)

I already made the "chocolate peanut butter chunk ice cream" last weekend - it was delicious. However the winner, "Strawberry Garcia" is a flavor I'd love to make. I think that I will wait until summer when I can get some good local fresh strawberries!

Thanks for participating!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar Ice Cream

The Hershey's chocolate filled-with-peanut-butter bar is one of my favorite candy bars. Today's ice cream flavor will include this bar.



This is also another fine opportunity to try making chocolate ice cream again. My goal is to make sure everything is cold, cold, cold! The ice cream maker bowl has been in the freezer for just about a week. I made my "sweet cream base" early in the morning and let it chill for 1 hour in the 'fridge, and 3 hours in the freezer. It was just starting to freeze when I added it to the machine.

And the third time is the charm! Within 10 minutes the mix started to stiffen up, and in the end the result was some decent looking chocolate ice cream. I shattered the candy bar and added it right at the end, and put the ice cream into a chilled bowl and let it freeze a while longer in the freezer.

My latest flavor, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar ice cream, came out great and was my first successful "chocolate" ice cream batch!

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Chocolate Ice Cream

Today I once again set out to make chocolate ice cream. I mixed up the cocoa and chilled it and then added it to the machine with high hopes. But once again, the chocolate mix did not set-up as ice cream. I reluctantly let it run a bit longer hoping it would set, but it never did. It was more like a milk shake, than ice cream. After letting it sit in the freezer overnight, it still did not result in the desired consistency. It tasted delicious, though!

Searching a few online forums, I guess the problem is that everything was not as cold as it needs to be. It is mystifying, though since the vanilla flavor comes out so good and the only difference this time was the addition of cocoa. Next time, I will have to chill things to the max, I guess!

Oh well!

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