Vanilla Ice Cream

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Better Homes and Gardens

Categories: Frozen desserts

Ingredients

  • Philadelphia-
  • 1 quart thin cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla
  • American-
  • 1 pint milk
  • 2 Tbsp. flour
  • 2 Tbsp. water
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • French-
  • 6 egg-yolks
  • 5 cups medium cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Vanilla bean

Directions

  1. Philadelphia-

  2. Dissolve the sugar in the cream, add the vanilla and freeze.
  3. American-

  4. Scald milk, stirring constantly. Mix flour and cold water to a smooth paste and add to it slowly the scalded milk, continuing stirring. When thickened, cook over hot water for about fifteen minutes. Add sugar and beaten egg-yolks and cook tow minutes. Strain the custard through a fine sieve and, when cold, add the cream and vanilla and freeze. This makes a smooth, rich cream.
  5. For variation, use dark-brown sugar or maple sugar instead of the white sugar.
  6. French-

  7. Scald the cream with a piece of vanilla bean. Beat the egg yolks, add the sugar and pour the cream slowly on the mixture, beating constantly. Cook in a double boiler until it thickens, watching it carefully. Cool, chill and freeze.

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