How to make Ice Cream

Before making Ice Cream

1. Clean ice cream can, cover and dasher.  Wash in hot soapy water and rinse thoroughly with hot water.  Allow to cool before using.
2. Prepare ice cream mixture  (chill mixture before poring it into the cooled can.
3. Prepare ice. Use crushed or cracked ice.  Ice cubes may be used, but first they should be put in a bag and crushed with a mallet.  The finer the ice, the smoother the texture of the ice cream.
4. Place drain in funnel in drain hole of freezer bucket.  The pouring lip of the funnel must be on the outside of the bucket.  Important! remove the cork which was placed in the funnel for shipping purpose.

Make Ice Cream mixture

1. Insert dasher in can.
2. Pour chilled mixture into the can. 
3. Fill any mixture containing cream to only 3/4 full to allow for expansion. 
   Sherbet or ice mixtures may be filled to a higher level, since they will not expand as much as mixtures containing cream.
4. Position can in freezer bucket.  Make sure can is properly placed into the well in bottom of bucket. 
5. Place cover on can.
6. Start motor

Packing salt and ice

1. Allow motor to run for approximately two (2) minutes; 
   
2. Add one pint of cool tap water to bucket.   (6 qt model only)
   This does not apply to sherbets and freezes
   
3. Distribute about 2" of crushed ice in bottom of tub. 
   
4. Sprinkle approx. three (3) tablespoons of salt over this layer of ice. 
   
5. Alternate the distribution of ice and salt until mixture is level with top of can. 
   
6. As brine settles, add ice and approx one (1) tablespoon of salt, as required.
7. Check drain hole periodically.
8. Allow ice cream to churn about 20 to 30 minutes or until motor slows or stops.  Disconnect immediately  from power.
   
9. Ice cream will be consistency of whipped cream or mush when it is finished churning... Freezing time depends on the type of ice cream mixture.    If too much salt is used, the ice cream mix will freeze too rapidly, producing coarse-textured ice cream;  also, an excessive amount of salt will reduce the freezing time to the extend that a crust of frozen cream will form on the inside of the can.  This will at times be scraped clear and transferred to the center of the dasher... or may stop the dasher resulting in a mushy mix in the center.
   
10. To ripen (harden) ice cream in plastic containers.. Spoon ice cream into containers, allowing at least 1/2 inch of space at the top for expansion.  Push ice cream down into containers and cover with a tight fitting lid.