The Well-Equipped Cook: The Best Tools for Making Ice Cream at Home

Nothing says summer quite like a bowl of ice cream. [America's Test Kitchen]( [The Well-Equipped Cook. A weekly newsletter from your favorite unbiased tasters and testers.]( [America's Test Kitchen: Notes from the Test Kitchen]( [recipes]( [product reviews]( [Equipment guides]( [gear heads]( The Best Tools for Making Ice Cream at Home [SEE EQUIPMENT GUIDE]( [The Best Tools for Making Ice Cream at Home]( [Carolyn Grillo. Senior Editor, ATK Reviews] Nothing says summer quite like a bowl of ice cream. And while I love visiting local ice cream shops, I also love making ice cream at home. Most recipes require an ice cream maker. We tested six models and found a compact, inexpensive [machine]( that works with just the push of a button. It produced velvety ice cream and evenly textured sorbet and frozen yogurt, too. But you can also skip the ice cream maker entirely and use [a blender]( to make [this brilliant recipe]( for no-churn ice cream. No matter which piece of equipment you use, you’re guaranteed delicious results. The only question is what flavor to make first! [An Ice Cream Maker]( Must-Have of the week An Ice Cream Maker A good electric ice cream maker makes it easy to produce customized ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet at home. We rounded up six ice cream makers priced from about $33 to about $400. We churned [vanilla ice cream]( [coffee-crunch ice cream]( [raspberry sorbet]( and [frozen yogurt]( in each machine. Our winner made desserts that were “even-textured,” “velvety,” and “delightful.” We also liked its lightweight, compact design and the simplicity of its one-button operation. The paddle blades were fully submerged in the base and did not interfere with our thermometer probe. 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