Dash Ice Cream Maker Recipes

Explore new and creative recipes with your dash ice cream maker! This compact appliance provides delicious frozen treats in half-pint mugs!

Pre-freeze the bowl, pour in your mixture, and start the machine – within minutes you’ll have an exquisite treat ready to be enjoyed immediately or stored away in the freezer until later!

Vanilla Sherbet

Vanilla sherbet is an ideal dairy-free treat for topping fruit, fudgy brownies, and other desserts served a la mode. This recipe boasts fresh coconut flavor with subtle vanilla bean notes for an enjoyable and light dessert treat.

No-churn sherbet is an easy recipe that doesn’t require cooking or eggs to create. Customize it to suit your palate or leave plain for a versatile frozen treat that pairs well with various toppings.

Mix milk, sugar, salt and vanilla seeds in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar has completely dissolved while stirring frequently. Remove from heat and allow mixture to cool before adding lemon juice and zest (if desired) or other optional flavorings such as extract. Chill in refrigerator until completely cold before freezing according to manufacturer’s directions in an ice cream maker – serve immediately for soft-serve consistency or refreeze for up to two weeks for firmer sherbet ice creams!

Chocolate Sherbet

As its name implies, this recipe celebrates chocolate. (Yes, National Chocolate Ice Cream Day provides the ideal excuse to indulge in this rich and decadent sorbet!) While most sorbets are free from milk altogether, this one uses just enough to create an ice cream-like texture; rice milk, almond or soy may work just as well if dairy-free is preferred.)

Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan while whisking to dissolve the sugar, bring to a boil, stir in cocoa powder, remove from heat and then add vanilla extract and Kahlua (if using). Transfer mixture to bowl; fold in half of milk then chill before freezing in your ice cream maker (as per manufacturer instructions). Alternatively, you could pour mixture into shallow pan in freezer; every half hour stir it to break up ice crystals while simultaneously whipping air into mixture before chilling again until firmness; about three hours total time should do the trick.

Peach Ice Cream

Homemade peach ice cream is the ideal summer treat! Serve immediately for soft-serve texture or freeze overnight for firmer texture.

Start by peeling and slicing enough peaches to yield 4 cups of puree. Allow them to release their juices for several hours, before mashing with either a potato masher or blender until only small chunks remain of fruit remain. Strain any extra juice out for later use when flavoring the ice cream base.

Once the custard mixture has set in the refrigerator, pour it into an ice cream maker and follow its instructions to churn. At the end of churning, stir in any reserved peaches that you have set aside for an added touch.

Add some special flair by topping with leftover peach syrup, or stirring in some add-ins (chopped Golden Oreo cookies, small chunks of blondies or yellow cake or broken up graham cracker crust from store bought pies are great additions!) For an extra treat!

Watermelon Sorbet

Nothing says summer quite as powerfully as juicy watermelons combined with bright lime juice and zest. This light sorbet makes an excellent standalone dessert or adds just the right touch of refreshing tartness to drinks and snacks alike.

For optimal watermelon sorbet results, choose fruit that is as fresh as possible. Look for one that is heavy for its size and test its ripeness by tapping: an optimally ripened watermelons should make a hollow sound when hit.

Combine cubed watermelons, sugar and lime juice in a blender and pulse until completely smooth. Taste the mixture, adding any necessary pinches of salt if needed to balance its sweetness. Chill for at least two hours (preferably overnight) before following instructions from either an Ice Cream Maker Recipes Guide (if available) or Watermeon Lime Granita directions for churning (if no such guide exists). Transfer sorbet into an airtight container for freezing until firm before serving.

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