Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream

Submitted by pansregnig

"Let stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes to make scooping easier."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 quart

ingredients

• 3 egg yolks
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3⁄4 cup sugar or 3/4 cup Splenda sugar substitute
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Whisk yolks in a large bowl.
2. Heat cream, milk, and sugar in saucepan over medium-low until steaming, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Temper 1/2 cup cream mixture into yolks, then whisk yolks into remaining cream mixture.
3. Cook custard over medium-low stirring occasionally until thickened, about 3 minutes; add vanilla and salt. The custard is done when a path can be drawn on the back of a spoon.
4. Return mixture to a bowl and cool in an ice bath for 8 minutes. Remove bowl from ice bath, cover with plastic wrap, and chill custard at least 4 hours or overnight.
5. Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.