Old-fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream
At a Glance
- Total
- 40 min
- Servings
- 5.00 cups
Categories
- Dessert
- Churned
Dietary
- Vegetarian
Allergens
- Milk
- Eggs
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 5. Current scale: 1x.
Nutrition and servings are approximate based on the ingredient list. Please verify for dietary or medical needs.
This recipe for Old-fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream brings together 3/4 cup sugar, 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise, 1 cup milk in a practical dish for home cooking. It takes about 40 min to prepare and cook. It makes approximately 5 servings.
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Equipment
Heatproof bowls, saucepan, whisk, plastic wrap, refrigerator, ice cream maker
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
- 1 cup milk
- 6 egg yolks, beaten lightly
- 2 cups cream
Instructions
Place sugar and vanilla beans in medium heatproof bowl; pour milk over; set bowl into a pan of simmering water, but make sure it doesn’t touch water; stir milk mixture until simmering.
Remove milk from heat; place yolks in heatproof bowl; gradually add milk to the egg yolks and whisk through thoroughly.
Return mixture to heat over simmering water; stir constantly over low heat until mixture coats back of spoon.
Remove from heat, set aside to cool; place plastic wrap directly onto surface of custard to prevent a skin from forming; cool; once cool, stir cream into custard and chill in refrigerator for atleast 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Remove vanilla beans from custard and scrape the seeds from the beans into the mixture; discard pods; pour the custard into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions to make ice cream.
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