A Winter Tradition – Making Ice Cream

You are probably thinking to yourself, ‘Ice cream in winter?’  I know, I know….. it may sound a little backwards to some of you, but when I was growing up, my mother always made homemade ice cream every winter.  I don’t even remember her ever making it in the summer.  I would get all excited when she broke out the ice cream maker and I would anticipate that first yummy spoonful, covered with my great-grandmother’s homemade chocolate syrup.  Those were such sweet (no pun intended) childhood memories; I can still hear the sound of that ancient ice cream maker churning.  Now that I’m all grown up, I continue to make ice cream every winter at my house.  And that first taste always brings me home.  It’s quite simple to make; here’s how we do it:

Ingredients:

• 4  eggs
• 6  teaspoons of vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 5  cups of milk
• 2  pints of heavy cream
• lots of ice and rock salt for the ice cream maker (I use a 4 qt. Rival brand ice cream maker)

Yields:  4 quarts 1.  In a large bowl, add the eggs.

2.  Add the vanilla.

 3.  Add the sugar and salt.

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

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Yields 4

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

1 hr

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

1 hr

Ingredients

1. 4 eggs
2. 6 teaspoons vanilla
3. 2 1/4 cups sugar
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
5. 5 cups milk
6. 2 pints heavy cream
7. lot of ice and rock salt

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add the eggs, vanilla, sugar, and salt. Mix well.
2. Add the milk and heavy cream. Mix well.
3. Pour mixture into the ice cream can of your ice cream maker.
4. Set up your ice cream maker according to your ice cream maker's instructions.
5. In your ice cream maker, layer ice and rock salt around the ice cream can until you reach the top.
6. Churn for 45-60 minutes.
7. Remove ice cream can from maker.
8. Pour the ice cream into freezable containers.
9. Freezer overnight.

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