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Ice Cream Stir-in Tips

Tips for creating your own ice cream blends with stir-ins:

• Start with a simple master recipe for low-fat ice cream—vanilla or chocolate, your choice.
• Stir-ins should be small, about the size of a pea.
• Cool toasted ingredients completely before adding them to the ice cream maker.
• Check your ice cream maker’s instructions when it comes to judging the volume of your stir-ins. In general, we recommend 1 cup of stir-ins per quart of ice cream.
• Add stir-ins to the ice cream maker during the last 5 minutes of freezing.

For some delicious ice cream recipes, see our healthy makeover of Homemade Ice Cream.

5 Easy, healthy ice cream flavors to make at home:

Blueberry-Cinnamon Swirl Ice Cream

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Cherry & White Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

1/2 cup fresh or frozen chopped cherries
1/2 cup white chocolate chunks

Toasted Coconut & Almond Ice Cream

1/2 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds

Strawberry-Chocolate Ice Cream

3/4 cup fresh or frozen chopped strawberries
1/4 cup cocoa nibs or mini chocolate chips

Chocolate Cookie & Walnut Crunch Ice Cream

3/4 cup chopped chocolate sandwich (or wafer) cookies
1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts

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