Helpful Hints
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The Original Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Maker
Helpful Hints:
• For best results, wash metal canister and lid with baking soda and water prior to first use.
• Do not fill the canister more than half full of mixture to be frozen. The mixture expands
as it freezes.
• Protect all working surfaces with newspaper. Salt is corrosive. Be careful not to kill
backyard grass when making ice cream outdoors.
• Use rubber gloves to protect hands from cold and salt.
• Use a glass or plastic measuring cup for rock salt, salt pits metals.
• Use a wooded spoon for stirring and repacking ice cream. Wood does not conduct heat.
• It is best to make a cooked recipe the night before, so it has plenty of time to chill.
• Make sure your wooden scraper blades are
1
⁄
8
inch away from the metal dasher. These
screws are set at the factory and should be loose, but never more than ¹⁄
8
inch or the end
result may be freezing around the canister while the middle remains liquid.
• Freezing time should not be too slow or too fast. A greater amount of salt will melt the
ice faster causing the ice cream to freeze faster. Freezing too quickly will not allow for
sufficient agitation and will produce a coarse texture. An extended period of freezing
causes a spongy, buttery texture.
• If packed properly for freezing, left over ice cream can be kept up to a month.
If not packed properly you will lose taste and texture of the ice cream.
• The salt used in making homemade ice cream is rock salt. It is a coarse salt and should
be used instead of regular table salt.
• For vanilla base mixes, be creative and add crumbled cookies, candies, granola, instant
coffee mixes, chocolate bits, jams, or peanut butter.
• Try filling pre-cooked pie shells with ice cream before the final hardening or fill orange
and lemon shells with homemade sherbet. Also, fill puff shells with ice cream and top
with sauce.
• The ice cream immediately after completion is similar to a soft serve ice cream. To have
a more firm ice cream such as for ice cream cones, then harden the ice cream either using
the old fashioned way or by packing the ice cream and placing in your freezer.
• Please hand wipe or hand wash all parts to keep your ice maker in the best condition, do
not place in dishwasher.
Cleaning Instructions
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The Original Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Maker
Cleaning Your Ice Cream Maker
Caring For Your Wooden Bucket
When not being used continuously, the wooden bucket of your maker will become dried
out after it has been stored away for any length of time. You should fill the bucket half
way with water before each use (especially when using for the first time). This will
give it the wood a chance to swell up so that the salt brine solution will not leak out
during the freezing process. Soak for 60 minutes, then discard the water. Remember to
store in a cool location to help increase the life of your maker.
1. Unplug Ice Cream Maker from outlet before cleaning.
2. Make sure the wooden bucket is rinsed and dried, so that salt does not corrode the metal parts.
3. Wash the steel canister with soapy water, making sure it is completely dried.
NOTE: Do not immerse the motor unit, cord, or plug in water or any other liquid.