How long does it take to make ice cream in an electric ice cream maker?

Flag

Wendy-Lou Harding

How long does it take to make ice cream in an electric ice cream maker?

Wendy-Lou from Williams Lake, British Columbia

Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!

Michelle Olivas

June 6, 20070 found this helpful

Best Answer

It depends on the machine. Our takes approximately 30 minutes to turn the custard into ice cream.

Beth
Silver Feedback Medal for All Time! 407 Feedbacks

June 8, 20071 found this helpful

Best Answer

It also depends on the temperature your liquid starts at, and how much ice and salt you use. The quicker you freeze it the grainier it will be, whereas a little longer will result in a creamier texture.

But it shouldn't take any longer than 45 minutes max. I'd also say around 30 minutes is good.

yonderbagel

December 30, 20210 found this helpful

"The quicker you freeze it the grainier it will be, whereas a little longer will result in a creamier texture."

This is false. It's actually the reverse, which is why it's so ridiculous when store-bought ice cream advertises "slow churn." That line only appeals to people who don't know what they're talking about.

Freezing something as quickly as possible produces the smallest ice crystals. Letting it freeze slowly will make long, "grainy" crystals.

The entire stirring process is to try to keep those long ice crystals from forming by reducing the time it takes for all of the material to freeze through, allowing all of it to touch the sides as frequently as possible.

This is why the best home-made ice cream is flash-frozen with liquid nitrogen.

This is also why cryogenically freezing living people is hard - you'd have to flash freeze them very quickly to stop frostbite, or in other words, to stop long ice crystals from piercing the cells and destroying them.

This is also why re-freezing ice cream in your freezer makes it grainy - because it's such a slow process.

Connie Vowles

June 8, 20070 found this helpful

Best Answer

My electric ice cream maker has an inner chamber that you put in the freezer when not in use. I make ice cream often and starting with cold ingredients I usually only have to have my machine running for 20 minutes. It is than thick and I put it into a plastic container with a lid and put it in my deep freeze for a couple of hours.

I also have an old type hand crank one that uses ice and salt. It is fun but very tiring and takes a very long time to get the ice cream hard enough to eat. Good luck and good eating.