Homemade Ice Cream and a Recipe

I bought myself a Quisinart ice cream maker on Amazon and I love it.  You put the bowl thing in the freezer. It's filled with a liquid. When it is good and frozen you put it in the machine, pour your mixture in and the bowl thing spins.   It turns your mixture to ice cream in about 30 minutes.  Here is a link to my machine.  I also bought this book on Amazon too.  So far I've made 5 flavors.

I like how I can make ice cream with so few ingredients.  Makes me feel pretty good knowing what is in it.  It is so good that I've been enjoying it in small amounts.  I put my homemade ice cream in wide mouth pint jars and they fit great in my freezer.  I want to share a unique recipe I found in the book that everyone has loved.

Aztec Hot Chocolate Ice Cream
2 1/4 cups heavy cream
6 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-Process cocoa powder (I used Hershey)
3/4 cup sugar
3 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped (I used Ghirardelli 60%)
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 to 3 teaspoons ground chili powder (I used 3)
2 tablespoons brandy (I didn't have any and don't need the alcohol so I left it out)

Whisk together the cream, cocoa powder, and sugar in a large saucepan. Heat the mixture, whisking frequently, until it comes to a full rolling boil (it will start to foam up). Remove from the heat and add the chocolate, then whisk until it is completely melted. Stir in the milk, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, chili powder, and brandy.  Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.

The recipe made just over 1 quart of ice cream.

Here is a picture of me making peach ice cream with some peaches I picked up that day from the Farmer's Market.  It needed the blender to smooth it out.

 Here is a picture of my wide mouth pint jars full of ice cream. The only problem with this method is that the jars are so cold when you're holding them with your left hand to scoop out ice cream.  I think I'll grab a towel next time to hold around the jar.