Vanilla Ice Cream
A few years back, we got a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. Nothing fancy. Plug and play type thing. EXCEPT you have to stick the canister in the freezer for about 24 hours BEFORE making ice cream. Since we've been working real hard on clearing the freezers, there was FINALLY room to put the canister in! Woohoo!! Of course, the Animals just use it all summer long for slushies, be it sodas, koolade, gatorade, whatever they can get their hands on ... its in! I want to try the Orangy Glad things ... I think that would be even better than trying to crush the ice in the blender! Anyways. For Father's Day we wanted to make Hubby a shake. His favorite is Peanut Butter and chocolate chip. Regardless, we didn't get to the shake mode. But after a near disaster, we did make ice cream (see below for Sonny Boy's close call ... and my solution to scolding for not reading directions!) 2 cups cream 1 cup milk 3/4 cup sugar (I think this is TOO much) 1/2 tsp vanilla With a mixe...