I really want to blame this on the mixer. I want nothing more than to find out that I hooked up the ice cream bowl attachment incorrectly, or that I accidentally forgot a part while affixing the churn.

Or maybe I could blame it on my freezer. I’ve been sick the past week, so that means dear old hubby has been doing the shopping.

and the cooking.

…Suddenly I open the freezer and am confronted by a nearly solid wall of orange boxes. My husband is a big fan of stouffers lasagna and macaroni and cheese apparently, because thats what he’s been living off of the past week. I’m amazed he hasnt turned INTO cheese.

So, since our freezer is jam packed, the circulation hasnt been up to what it should be, and it takes longer for things to freeze. At least that what logic says. Or maybe its just what I want to hear.

In any case, I set out to make ice cream today.

I put the kitchen aid freezer bowl into the freezer yesterday morning, giving it over 24 hours in the freezer when it only requires 15.

I used a recipe straight out of the kitcheneverbashfulwithbutter.comhttp://www.neverbashfulwithbutter.comn aid recipe book. I followed it to the letter.

I put the mixture into the freezer to chill for about 3 hours. (it said 4-8 in the fridge, so I figured 3 in the freezer was pretty good)

I hooked up the bowl and the attachment. I turned on the ice cream attachment and poured the mixture in. I let it spin for 20 minutes.

Beneath a layer of what could be described as the most glorious tasting coffee creamer ever, I found a slightly gelatinous layer of “ice cream”

I poured off the liquid part and spooned the “ice cream” into another bowl and put that part in the freezer to set up for about another hour.

I dont know what happened.

BUT- Since I dont want to be one of those people that only documents their achievements.. I called upon Rodney to help me out with a little “ice cream” failure photo shoot.

*this is Rodney’s “I dont know what happened” pose.*

Wait.. Who’s that?

Silly Crabby, Ice cream’s for robo- oh. Thats right, its not really ice cream, is it?

This is going to taste AWESOME in my hot cocoa later tonight.

ts ok Rodney.. We’ll give it another try tomorrow. I promise!

I really dont know what happened. The only thing I can think of is maybe I didnt cook the custard long enough, or maybe I didnt let the mixture chill long enough.. I know its user error. Thats just how it goes. But I’ve got the bowl back in the freezer, and I’m going to make a new mixture tonight and let it sit in the fridge over night tonight, and tomorrow morning I’ll try again. We’ll see if I can conquer the ice cream hurdle!

In other news, I love my new kitchenaid. It sounds like perfection. I want to make all sorts of stuff in it just so I can listen to the motor run. I love this thing.

In other OTHER news.. Guess who’s featured on Slashfood today? Woot woot! That’d be me. So exciting! I love it when people like the stuff I do. I’m always happy to make other people happy!
So.. until tomorrow-

-A.

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