tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57289518584539879672012-01-15T17:47:04.914-05:00random thoughts on making homemade ice creamScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-51917725665757028372012-01-01T20:18:00.000-05:002012-01-01T20:18:48.462-05:00

For New Years Eve this year I made a Malted Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Caramel Chunks along with homemade waffle cone bowls - wow ... delicious! The ice recipe is as follows: First, I made my own Ice Cream Base - a super rich and creamy mixture I developed for all my ice creams. Next, after cooling the mix overnight in the 'fridge, I added vanilla and 6 tablespoons of Carnation Malted

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I get many visits to this site, which I appreciate. One of the biggest draws to this site is my Butter Crunch Ice Cream picture, posted on Flickr. For no real reason, I never got around to posting the recipe - until now.For this ice cream, I wanted to make a homemade Butter Crunch candy and found an outstanding recipe for "English Toffee" (AKA Butter Crunch) on the "Cooking For Engineers"

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This weekend I made Key Lime Pie flavor ice cream - and received rave reviews from my family. My wife says out of all the flavors I've made, this is her favorite.To make this, first make my Sweet Cream Base, then after the mix is good and chilled, simply add 3 oz. of Mrs. Biddle's Key Lime juice when adding to the ice cream maker.Serve with Nilla Wafers (as I've done here) or graham crackers if

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This past weekend I made Strawberry Garcia ice cream again, and wow - it was as good as I remember it being the first time I made it!Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making homemade ice cream---------------------------------------------Strawberry Garcia ice cream recipeIce cream makerStrawberry ice creamhomemade ice

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Today in New Hampshire the temperature reached 77 degrees! And what goes better with warm weather than ice cream!I've been thinking of making this flavor for a long time: Peanut Butter ice cream with Chocolate Chunks!First, as always, I make my sweet cream base. This is an unbelievably creamy and delicious ice cream. Chill this over night.Then I made the following Peanut Butter mixture:1/2 cup

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-87198438267798679152009-12-29T05:45:00.000-05:002009-12-29T05:46:05.884-05:00

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,

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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

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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

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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!Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making

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Homemade Waffle Cones, originally uploaded by sfinley_nh.I made wafflecones this weekend - yum!

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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!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-27372195796697547792009-08-02T14:59:00.002-04:002009-08-03T16:11:44.798-04:00

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- Scott

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-46272274353563968162009-07-31T11:10:00.000-04:002009-07-31T11:11:50.311-04:00

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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-36403875884813166872009-07-23T09:41:00.007-04:002009-07-24T15:24:57.972-04:00

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!- Scott----------------

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Homemade Butter Crunch Ice CreamOriginally uploaded by sfinley_nhFor Father's Day I made homemade butter crunch ice cream, made with homemade toffee. UPDATE: I just posted the recipe here.Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making homemade ice cream---------------------------------------------Ice cream makerButter

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I have a new blog for my other hobby - photography - check it out sometime: http://scotts-pics.blogspot.com/ Enjoy!- Scott

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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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-80516821899350035192009-06-01T16:05:00.000-04:002009-06-01T16:05:19.329-04:00

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 chipsFrench 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

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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,

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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.Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making homemade ice cream---------------------------------------------Strawberry

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-2996361654671376672009-05-22T06:57:00.004-04:002009-06-08T06:35:18.791-04:00

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!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making homemade ice cream------------------------------

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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!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making homemade

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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!- Scott--------------------------------------

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-11663717062527915272009-04-02T16:23:00.002-04:002009-04-02T16:24:55.924-04:00

My picture was used in the NH Magazine article "18 Miles 18 Walks" now online.- Scott

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-19477521730630478052009-03-20T13:32:00.003-04:002009-12-01T15:18:29.606-05:00

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 sugar2 eggs, beaten1 1/2 cups half-and-half1 cup heavy cream2 cinnamon sticks2 teaspoons ground cinnamon1 teaspoon vanilla extract4 Pepperidge Farms Snickerdoodle cookies, broken into

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-23374495824575583152009-02-11T12:12:00.000-05:002009-02-11T12:13:40.217-05:00

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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-6259430939221450402009-01-31T10:10:00.000-05:002009-01-31T12:03:40.966-05:00

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!Enjoy!- Scott--------------------------------------

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Hello!This blog has been online since Christmas 2008, and already there have been visitors from over 20 different countries!United States (US) Spain (ES) Brazil (BR) India (IN) United Kingdom (GB) France (FR) Greece (GR) Austria (AT) Mongolia (MN) Germany (DE) Indonesia (ID) Poland (PL) Netherlands (NL) Singapore (SG) Romania (RO) Egypt (EG) Sri Lanka (LK) Colombia (CO) Malaysia (MY) Russian

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Today's flavor is a chocolate variation ... Mocha Chocolate-chip ice cream.I am using Dutch-process cocoa, along withMount Hagen Organic-Cafe instant coffeeand a Newman's Own Organic Chocolate barin the "Sweet Cream Base" from the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream recipe book.We are looking forward to this one!Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog-

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-51241873102249445642009-01-15T16:30:00.006-05:002009-01-29T11:16:24.896-05:00

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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-55359138740789946832009-01-14T13:08:00.003-05:002009-01-29T11:17:00.700-05:00

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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-6916856706274483122009-01-09T16:00:00.004-05:002009-01-20T13:05:15.392-05:00

There is a new poll added to this site. Please feel free to chime in with your vote!Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making ice cream at home---------------------------------------------ice cream flavorsice cream flavor pollice cream makerhomemade ice cream

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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

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-32266872227153029782008-12-31T11:11:00.012-05:002009-01-22T12:26:36.887-05:00

Yesterday, my beautiful wife made a super delicious apple crisp. We had talked last summer about what a neat ice cream flavor "apple crisp" would make so we had this in mind as she made it. I set aside a decent size portion and froze it over night, to mix into the ice cream as it was nearly done.I made the "Ben & Jerry's French Vanilla" I made the other day again, since it was so successful.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-84135832820294626852008-12-29T11:02:00.006-05:002009-01-22T09:54:25.497-05:00

Fresh off the success of my chocolate chip ice cream, today I set out to make a more interesting flavor, using the Chocolate-Raspberry bar I got for Christmas.That along with some Dutch-process cocoa would make up my "Chocolate Chocolate-Raspberry-Chip Ice Cream" flavor. I mixed everything up and got the machine going again. This time, things did not go as smoothly as I had hoped. The

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-17386947032496954292008-12-28T10:53:00.005-05:002009-01-22T09:54:04.727-05:00

This is another gift I got for Christmas - Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream & Dessert Book - and not only is it filled with delicious sounding recipes, it is an interesting and fun read and is full of good "ice cream wisdom". It has 3 different "bases" to use as a starting point for all the different recipes.Today I am simplifying and am making their "French Vanilla" - then I will mix in some chocolate

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-51083224177474399832008-12-26T10:31:00.004-05:002009-01-22T09:53:37.857-05:00

mmmm - along with the ice cream maker, I got two whole vanilla beans for Christmas also a Ghirardelli chocolate bar and an amazing chocolate raspberry barSo ... following the recipe in the booklet that came with the ice cream maker, I set out to make the Vanilla Bean ice cream, cooking the cream and milk and vanilla bean slowly on the stove. After chilling a short while, I put the mix in the

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011437848418448162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728951858453987967.post-76583840190351048912008-12-25T13:22:00.008-05:002009-01-20T13:03:13.990-05:00

My amazing wife got me this ice cream maker for Christmas. Last summer we dreamed a lot of our own flavors - like "apple crisp" or "cantaloupe" or "peanut-butter ripple" - to name a few.Check back to see how they turn out!Enjoy!- Scott---------------------------------------------- Scott's Scoop- an ice cream blog- random thoughts on making ice cream at home---------------------------------------

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