This ice cream would be more appropriately named "Cinnamon-Almond Ice Cream" because our family thought the cinnamon stood out more than the brown sugar. You don't need an ice cream freezer. I just poured the chilled custard into a ziploc bag and then put that ziploc bag inside another ziploc bag of ice and salt. You have to shake it around for quite awhile and wear oven mitts to protect your hands. But it was fun and delicious right out of the bag. I would give it a four but when we ate it the next day right out of the freezer it had frozen quite a bit firmer than higher-fat ice cream and was very difficult to scoop. But VERY tasty and much better than store bought.
I am not judging based upon full-fat ice cream but a lighter dessert. My family really liked this. We used toasted walnuts instead of almonds and they really made it yummy for flavor and texture. Like all homemade ice cream I've made it doesn't keep well in the freezer. I will make this again for sure.
I thought this ice cream's main flavor was more cinnamon than brown sugar. You don't need an ice cream freezer either. Put the chilled custard into a ziploc bag and put that bag into another ziploc bag of ice and salt. Wear oven mitts and shake! Take turns because you get tired. Very tasty right out of the bag. We would have given it a four but when we ate it the next day right out of the freezer it had frozen much harder than other ice cream and was very difficult to soop. But much better than store bought.
My family found this ice cream very "cinnamon-y" so we would have named it cinnamon-almond ice cream. But very good. You don't need an ice cream freezer. I just put the chilled custard inside a ziploc bag inside a ziploc bag of ice and salt and wearing oven mitts shook it around for quite awhile while watching TV. It was so good right out of the bag! Upon freezing the rest of the way it was a little harder than higher fat ice cream and I found it hard to scoop. Do watch the custard and don't let it boil!
Nice light flavor After reading the reviews I made this ice cream. True it tastes like cinnamon but it's not really heavy. I've tried 2 types of evaporated milk: whole and fat-free. You can really notice the difference as the whole milk produces a creamier texture than the fat-free milk. Still good either way. Also good with pecans. And even though the ice cream hardens quite a bit after freezing it only takes a few minutes to soften at room temperature.
