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These ice cream recipes are perfect desserts and treats for cooling us off on a hot summer day. But with all these scrumptious ice cream recipes you will want to enjoy ice cream all year round.

To create the best volume when whipping cream, the cream, bowl, and beaters should be chilled; then place the mixing bowl in a bowl of ice water will whipping the cream.

If you want to make ganache frosting and you do not have heavy cream on hand you can substitute melted ice cream. Melt the ice cream and then measure out the same amount that was called for in heavy cream.

When you run out of whipped cream, whip slightly thawed vanilla ice cream until it becomes smooth and forms peaks. Use on your pie or other desserts as a topping.

To lower the fat content of the ice cream, substitute low-fat milk for whole milk, whole milk for half & half, and evaporated skim milk for whipping cream.

To prevent ice crystals from forming on ice cream, cover the surface of the ice cream with a piece of plastic wrap or wax paper before closing the container.

Chill and age ice cream mixture properly before beginning the freezing process. If it is not cool enough it can cause larger ice crystals to form during the freezing process.