Yesterday for Wordless Wednesday, I posted this picture. Now the story behind the photo …
I have had this ice cream maker for … oh, I dunno, maybe almost 5 years (August 2003) - we got it as a gift when my hubby and I renewed our vows in Lake Arrowhead … (oh remind me to blog about this sometime …). Anyways, I have never ever used it until a few days ago. I always meant to use it but I dunno, I guess the convenience of store bought ice cream was always there … ok, so while I was going through some manuals in the garage (my hubby has a special spot in the garage for all the manuals we have accumulated - I found the manual for the ice cream maker - and I got the idea … this would be a fun activity with the kids!) I got the box (ice cream maker) from the garage and read through the instructions, washed what I needed to and stuck the canister into the freezer.
The kids and I looked through the manual and found one of the easiest recipes - a recipe for Frozen Yogurt. The next day, we went to Trader Joe’s to get the ingredients and proceeded to make some home made ice cream. We made Mango Frozen Yogurt. I got some frozen mango chunks and thawed them and then pureed a cup - which was what was called for in the recipe. BTW, you can use any fruit puree but we were craving mangoes.
I then continued with the recipe - mixed yogurt, whole milk, fruit puree, sugar, corn syrup and some vanilla in my blender. Did you notice - I could pronounce all the ingredients easily - no preservatives - YAY!
When everything was blended, I stuck the concoction into the refrigerator for an hour - I know, it’s quite the process and the kids were getting impatient - I was too but … all in all it was a fun activity. After the hour passed, I started to assemble the ice cream maker with the now frozen canister. I proceeded to turn the machine on and slowly poured in the chilled ice frozen yogurt mixture - all together, it took like 22 minutes for the machine to churn the frozen yogurt.
When the alarm went off - we know it was done - we tried it but I thought it was too much of a soft serve and I wanted it more frozen - my kids didn’t think so - they just wanted to it right away. I had to explain that we’ll just have it for dessert - to make sure daddy gets some too. They agreed and I transferred the frozen mango yogurt into an airtight container and stuck it in the freezer for a couple of hours.
After dinner, we all had a taste and it was soooooo yummy! It was so refreshing. The only problem was everyone wanted more than what we made. I guess I’ll end up making more. Perhaps we’ll try some Pineapple Coconut Yogurt next time.
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