There’s only 8 days left until it’s officially Summer! but the heat is already sweltering and the temperature continues to rise. Brace yourself because it’s gonna be a hot hot summah! What better way to cool down a bit is to chill with a homemade ice cream using Cuisinart’s easy to use ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Maker. Now you can create any ice cream flavor of your choice with this practical and time-saving appliance. It allows you to pick and choose the ingredients and to reduce calories that you normally won’t be able to control or know in most store-bought ice creams. Isn’t that awesome?

 

homemade light cookies n cream ice cream

 

This Cuisinart ICE-70 is one of my favorite kitchen appliances and I always handle it with care. It’s very easy to use and it only takes a couple of minutes of your time (maximum of 60 minutes), which can be adjusted using the arrow keys. It has a countdown timer and it shuts off automatically. It also has a detachable frozen bowl that is not that heavy and needs to be frozen for at least overnight.

 

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Maker review

 

This can create amazing and tasty ice creams for 25 minutes, sorbets (40 mins), and gelatos (30) with just a press of a button. Easy Peasy. Also, the machine is not that noisy and it can make a substantial 2 quarts or equivalent to 4 pints of frozen goodies.

Here’s the recipe of my simple and quick Homemade Cookies N’ Cream with Marshmallow Ice Cream using the Cuisinart ICE-70. This recipe is very easy to do and it makes about 2 pints of this delicious and light ice cream.

 

Ingredients:

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Maker

 

2 cups either Fat-Free Milk or 2% Reduced-Fat Milk

1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream

1/4 Cup Sugar or Natural Sweeter like Truvia Baking Blend.

10 pieces Oreo Cookies, crushed.

1 cup small Marshmallows.

 

Directions:

 

  1. Make sure the frozen bowl has been frozen overnight and place it into the machine.
  2. Plug In your Cuisinart ICE-70 and press the Ice Cream button.
  3. Pour the 2 cups fat-free or 2% milk.

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Makerย  ย  ย  ย  ย  4. ย Followed by the 1 cup heavy whipping cream.

ย  ย  ย  ย  5.ย Press the Start button. Notice the machine’s frozen bowl will start to whirl.

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Maker

ย  ย  ย  ย 6.You may add some Oreos and Marshmallows preliminary. Take note that this will change the color of your milk and whipping cream mixture into something slightly grayish like a cement. LOL. (Just like mine in the picture). If you don’t like that, then you can add the cookies and marshmallow later when there’s about 3 minutes left.

ย  ย  ย  ย 7.ย Observe for 10 minutes. Notice the mixture getting thicker and thicker.

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream cookies n' cream homemadeย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 8.ย Add the 1/4 cup sugar. If you want it to be even sweeter, try making it into 1/2 cup.

ย  ย  ย  ย  9.ย Add the rest of the Oreos and Marshmallows when there’s 3 minutes left.

Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Makerย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  10.ย Enjoy! You can serve it now or freeze it for later.

 

Note: If you want the ice cream to be even thicker and creamier, you can add more heaving whipping cream, which will further increase the calories.

 

The Cuisinart ICE-70 Electronic Ice Cream Maker is available in Crate & Barrel, JCPenney, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Williams-Sonoma, and Amazon.com

 

Happy Summer Guys!

 

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