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HAMILTON BEACH 68660 This small, battery-operated ice cream maker lets you create frozen desserts on the go. It makes only three servings, but “does a particularly nice job on sorbet.” __
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News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. CUISINART ICE-30BC The “top-choice churner” among home ice cream makers we tested produces “velvety-smooth ice
cream or sorbet in about 45 minutes.” A cord compartment in the base allows for easy storage.__ _$90, cuisinart.com _ KITCHENAID ICE CREAM ATTACHMENT A free daily email with the biggest news
stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com KitchenAid makes a special mixing attachment and freezer bowl that turn any of its post-1990 standing mixers into an ice cream
maker.__ $100 (mixer not included), _kitchenaid.com__ _ CUISINART ICE-50BC The priciest machine on this list “hogs counter space” but doesn’t require you to pre-freeze an insert because it
has a built-in compressor/freezer. It also turns off automatically.__ $299, cuisinart.com HAMILTON BEACH 68320 The top “budget buy” produces a “well-mixed though somewhat less rich ice
cream.” Still, this “no-frills” machine is “simple to assemble, operate, and clean.” __ _$30, hamiltonbeach.com_