Hello! I was wondering if I can use regular salt for the ice cream or do I have to buy special salt to use in the machine? Thanks!
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Yes, but probably it would take so much regular salt you 'd be better off using the ice cream salt easily found in the store.
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I used regular Morton's table salt. The ice cream turned out great it was just a lot of work. Hope this helps.
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Yea I have used regular (kosher) salt plenty of times. I did notice I had to use a decent amount more though. I guess because it is more fine than ice cream salt. I use ice cream salt now though so I am not using up my regular salt and ice cream salt is really cheap.
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Is the canister too cold? Only used our machine once and it wasn't cold enough to freeze the ice cream! But, seems like there were directions for how long to freeze the canister before making ice cream?
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I don't use eggs with my ice cream. Unfortunately I have not used soy or almond milk. I have used heavy whipping cream, and I want to try original greek yogurt, or the vanilla. It could be interesting.
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I had a salt water tank and used the sea salt from it. However, don't use too much or it will shut down the machine and it will not work on regular table salt.
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Andrea, we bought one a few months ago. You don't need the yogurt, too much added sugar and calories, we just use frozen fruit, all different kinds and I add parts of a banana, not frozen for a more creamier texture. It's delicious, and if you want add mini chocolate chips on top mix with a little whipped cream, omg way better than ice cream and for people who have an intolerance to milk products, it wins hands down. ENJOY
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i add yeast to bread machine then warm water.add salt last. hopes this helps. ted
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I use 1/2 and 1/2 and heavy cream just because our family likes a really rich ice cream. I wouldn't expect the same product using less fat content milk. Just try it and see what your family likes.
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This is great. I use Elaine G's recipe too so this info helps. I wanted to know if I could use 2% lactose-free milk since I'm short on regular. I'm also going to add 5% cream- which I didn't realize had other ingredients in it- like "modified milk ingredients. " If you can make yogurt with soy milk- [which I would never use], I don't see why this wouldn't work. I'll try and see. I have also found keeping the temp. at the simmer point for a minute before cooling and the culturing temp. a little cooler than suggested makes a thicker, firmer result.
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i haven't used up the salt that came with it, so i don't know. Sorry i couldn't help!
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Trying to add real butter during the cooking process would interfere with the cooking time. What I've learned from trial & error is to split the oil (I use peanut) 1 tbl & melted real salted butter 1 tbl added to PowerCup & not after cooking. I imagine you could add 2 tbl melted butter & no oil as well. I add sea salt to the kernels before cooking (I'm not a big salt user) to keep the amount of sodium low but still gives a salty flavor. If you use just salted butter you may find you don't need to add any additional salt. I like my combo because the popcorn is not as greasy. I've also tried almond oil & would consider trying other oils but they are expensive. I hope this helps you out?
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I agree with the other replies. It depends on the recipe and timing as to how fluffy the ice cream is. I would say my efforts have been more dense than fluffy. I usually stop the machine just past soft serve so I can scoop into individual containers and put in the freezer to finish. We love this machine! One of my favorites over the holidays was getting a quart of eggnog and just pouring it into the machine. Easy ice cream with little fuss.
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I think it is easy to add to the ice cream when making it. I love the machine. It works really well. I would purchase it again.
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We always buy a bag of ice to use & it pretty much takes about all of it. Try to buy bag of ice that has small pieces in it. Don't forget you need ice cream salt too.
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I used two bags of ice and about 1 and 1/2 boxes of ice cream salt. Hope this helps.
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you really dont need the salt packets. you can either use non iodized salt from the grocery store or not any at all. I have one and I never use the salt. It works great either way.
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hi, i normal use a butter contanier but you can use almost anything. i normally buy blocks of ice from a local snow cone stand and break it in half
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Please take some time to read the documentation. Fill the footbath with tap water ONLY and get all connected. While running add the salt VERY slowly pausing between sprinkles giving time for the salt to register (This isn't instant coffee). You added too much salt and the only way to bring it back to 2.5 or lower is to add water (dilute) whereas starting over would be more productive. Again read the documentation....