Experimenting with different ice-cream freezers, we found to our dismay that there is a considerable range in the volume of ice cream produced by various machines. In fact, one recipe produced exactly twice as much when we switched from one machine to another. As a rule, expect your ice-cream mixture to expand by at least 50 percent during freezing.
Homemade ice cream—in fact any ice cream—is at its best within a few days of its making—a good reason in itself for freezing your own.
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