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We have an ice cream maker but only used it once (it was a gift). It was fun and delicious but too much work!

I haven't! But friends came over last year with their icecream maker and made icecream for us. It was yummy! But I honestly prefer store bought.

We have the ice cream attachment for our kitchen aid mixer and it does make great ice cream. The cinnamon was our favorite. I think it's definitely better than most store bought stuff personally.

Yes, I love doing it!! I will say that the consistency isn't quite the same as store bought. It starts out much softer, and then I feel like it freezes much harder over time.

I have an ice cream maker attachment for our kitchenaid mixer! never used it though.

is it safe to make home made ice cream while I'm pregnant though? I misplaced my recipe book for my mixer, so anyone have any good, simple recipes?

Yep! We got an ice cream make for our wedding, along with an ice cream recipe book. It's really not that much work, and it makes it in like 5 minutes. Froyo or sorbet is even less work.

@sorrycharlie: Homemade ice cream with raw eggs in it isn't safe, but with most recipes you temper the eggs (pour warm milk/sugar mixture into them) then return the entire pot to the stovetop to heat to a slightly thicker custard. You could temp it to make sure it reaches the required temperature for eggs. There are also "Philadelphia-style" ice cream recipes that are easier and don't require eggs. And then of course, fro-yo (which is literally yogurt, sugar, and fruit) or sorbet (just fruit and sugar).

I do! Gelato recipes are my favorite. Nutella gelato...mmmmmm!