I remember the first time I made homemade ice cream. My hand ached from prolonged cranking, but the ice cream I made tasted better than any I could get at the store or local shops. That was back in the 70s.

Today, you’ll find several electric ice cream makers on the makers on the market. White Mountain Company offers both the electric and old-fashioned hand crank machines, handcrafted in pine to create a sense of tradition. The hand crank machine will produce ultrasmooth ice cream or yogurt in 40 minutes, while the electric machine will take you 20 minutes.

If you’ve never made ice cream before and are curious as to how it’s done, check out the instructional video on how to make strawberry ice cream.

This caramel apple carousel promises to be fun for all ages. Fill the 16-oz. insulated center pot with the caramel and keep it warm with a tea light. The carousel comes with 6 side dishes to hold your favorite toppings, 6 serving spoons, and a recipe book. Hand washing recommended.

This recipe came from the owners of Southmoreland Bed and Breakfast, who shared two of their best pie recipes with Fox 4 News.

Ingredients

1 Nine inch pie shell
1/2 cup Sugar
3 T. Flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
6 cups thinly sliced and peeled apples
One Half Cup Chopped pecans
1/4 cup caramel

Topping

1 cup Packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Flour
1/2 cup Rolled Oats
1/2 cup Butter

Directions

1. Prepare the topping by stirring together brown sugar, flour and oats. Cut in butter until topping resembles course meal. Set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Add apples and gently toss to coat. Transfer the apple mixture to the pie shell. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the apple mixture.

3. Bake at 375º for 50 minutes to an hour. Cover the edges with aluminum foil for the first 25 minutes to keep them from burning.

4. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped pecans and drizzle with caramel. Cool on a wire rack.

Source: MyFox Kansas City