Banana Icecream

Okay, here's the recipe for everyone's favorite: 6-8 large bananas (or more), smooshed
2 (12 oz) cans of evaporated milk
1 (14 oz) can of condensed milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 (8 oz) packet of vanilla icecream mix (Junket or Rival--I use Rival creamy vanilla)
(Mix all of these together; then pour into the canister.)
1 quart carton of heavy cream
(Add cream and use the churn's badder blade and just kind of slush it around to mix)
whole milk
(Pour milk in until it reaches the "fill" line; slush around as well for several seconds)

*Basically, this recipe is used when making pretty much any flavor of icecream--use all of the same ingredients, just substitute an equal amount of fruit (or candy) each time. Plus, when adding milk at the end, you can half and half some sort of juice with it to give it some extra flavor (like the blueberry recipe posted). So if you're making pineapple or something, just use half juice with the milk. Got it? Be creative! Come up with a cool concoction and let us know what you did. My mom likes doing Tuti Fruity and mixing an assortment of fruits too.

Churn away!

Oh, when you are done making your icecream, pour them into one quart tupperware containers to freeze (this is a good size when storing so you can easily soften later). They will harden pretty well in the freezer, so when taking them out, put in the microwave for about 30 seconds (all microwaves are different so adjust as needed) and it will soften it to the perfect consistency! Yummmm! All your friends coming over will LOVE you! ;)

I also calculated pricing. It comes out to be about the same as what stores charge, maybe just a little bit more. For the 6 quarts that I make, it costs me about $15. Most icecream in the store is sold in 1.5 quart containers. That makes my homemade icream at a cost of $3.75 for the same size purchased in stores. Let me tell you, though....it tastes sooooo much better!!! ;)