Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Recipe Book

Title: Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book.

Authors: Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield with Nancy J.Stevens

Design & Illustration: Lyn Severance 
Paperback: 128 Pages

Publisher: Workman Publishing New York (January 5, 1987)

A book that everyone should have! It doesn't matter if you are an ice cream lover or not, because you'll surely become one after tasting the homemade ice cream prepared following the recipes of this book.

I always loved Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but owing to my food intolerance I had either to avoid eating it or, in case I couldn't resist giving in to temptation, to deal with a hug stomachache. But now, thanks to this wonderful purchase (I bought it used for $0,01) I can finally enjoy this superb ice cream and use the ingredients I'm not intolerant to without spoiling the taste of it. This is a huge pro of this book, I can use low-fat goat milk, brown sugar, lactose-free whipping cream, and the result is still incredibly good, so good that all my friends never noticed that I used these so-called “alternative” ingredients to prepare it.

The book itself is very well done, the recipes are clear and easy to follow, the layout nice, and the pages are enriched with funny drawings. There's a total of 90 recipes including tasty sundaes, refreshing sorbets, awesome sauces, and incredibly creamy ice-cream concoctions. There's also a chapter in the book dedicated to “The Bakery” where one can find great recipes on how to make giant chocolate chip cookies, superfudge brownies etc...

Until now, I've tried the French Vanilla, Chocolate, Light Chocolate & Mint, Chocolate & Cinnamon, Light Chocolate & Peanut Butter, Coffee, Peanut Butter & Banana, and Honey Apple Raisin Walnut ice cream, and they were all heavenly good!!! Btw, I'm Italian, therefore I know what I'm talking about and how good ice cream should taste like and this is one of the best recipe books for homemade ice cream.