Homemade Ice Cream - Custard Based
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1⁄2 quarts whole milk or 1 1/2 quarts skim milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Mix sugar and flour.
- Stir in eggs.
- Set aside.
- Heat milk but do not boil.
- Pour hot milk into egg mixture; stir to mix and return to medium heat.
- Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture thickens.
- (Once it comes to boil, it won't thicken any more).
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in vanilla.
- This completes the custard.
- Leave plain for vanilla ice cream OR stir in 3 cups mashed fruit of your choice (peaches, strawberries, etc).
- Pour custard into ice cream maker canister and follow manufacturer's instructions for making the ice cream.
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Reviews
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This adds a whole new experience to ice cream. It has a much richer, creamer taste. I did alter the recipe a little, I substituted 1 c. of light cream for 1 c. milk. (Unfortunately, makes recipe more fattening, but a creamer texture.) Mashing fruit was a great idea, I used bananas and the kids loved it.
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Pretty good, but I found adding the flour a little superfluous. I've made custard-based ice creams before, and have never added flour. It thickened up a lot sooner than it would have had I left out the flour. I left half of it plain and half chocolate flake. A nice recipe to have on hand, but I think I'll stick with my no-cook recipes, they're easier and taste just as good.
Tweaks
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This adds a whole new experience to ice cream. It has a much richer, creamer taste. I did alter the recipe a little, I substituted 1 c. of light cream for 1 c. milk. (Unfortunately, makes recipe more fattening, but a creamer texture.) Mashing fruit was a great idea, I used bananas and the kids loved it.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BeachGirl
Edisto Island, South Carolina
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