What's the difference between a frozen yogurt maker and an ice cream maker?

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Rose J

I bought a Rival Frozen Yogurt Maker at a thrift store. They also had a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker for twice the price. Is there even a difference between a frozen yogurt maker and an ice cream maker? I did a search on Rival Frozen Yogurt Makers on Amazon, and it doesn't seem to exist, but that's what I have.

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Nothing!!! You can make either one in it!! I have one and I make both.

What is a good recipie for ice cream?

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Q. I have a cuisinart ice cream machine. I would like a recipie that does not leave a cream film in your mouth.

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A good basic ice cream recipe is

3 cups half-and-half
1 cup heavy cream
8 large egg yolks
9 ounces vanilla sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

if you want to add flavor guess on the portion of the flavor you would like to add for instance carmel or fruits or nuts and add it in.

www.epicurious.com

is a fantastic site for recipes of all kinds, including ice cream, sorbet, gelato.

How to make homemade ice cream soft?

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Whatever

I'm making ice cream out of Ensure nutritional drinks for a relative with Alzheimer's and dysphagia (trouble swallowing, especially thin liquids).

But it's too soft when it's just made, and too hard when it's been in the freezer for a while.

What can I do to make the ice cream have the soft and fluffy texture of store-bought ice cream? Perhaps adding some magic ingredients, or processing it differently to add more air? I'm using a Cuisinart ICE-20 ice cream maker.

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Alton Brown (food network) made sorbet on one of his episodes and said that putting a tad of alcohol in it will keep it from freezing rock solid. Since Ensure isn't really cream, acts more like water, then maybe it would work. Here's the link to the recipe he used.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_29471,00.html
You could always write to the Food Network and ask them to devise a recipe for all the people who cannot enjoy regular ice cream.

How long do I leave the ice cream in my ice cream maker?

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Amanda M

I'm making French Vanilla ice cream in a cuisinart ice cream/sorbet maker.
Ironically I got my ingredients at Walmart. It tastes better fresh! I just can't remember if it's 30 mins or an hour...I guess time will tell!

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im sure that you have already figured it out, since you asked this question 45 mins ago, but according to the cuisinart manual for vanilla ice cream it should take 25-30 mins!

enjoy your ice cream! =)