Vanilla Ice Cream

Name: Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients: 4 cups milk; 2 1/4 cups sugar; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 6 large eggs, lightly beaten; 4 cups half-and-half; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; Garnish: sifted unsweetened cocoa powder

8 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

4 cups milk
2 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 large eggs, lightly beaten
4 cups half-and-half
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Garnish: sifted unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

1

Whisk together first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring constantly, 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture thickens and coats a spoon. Do not boil.
2

Stir about one-fourth of hot milk mixture gradually into eggs; add egg mixture to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Cook 4 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in half-and-half and vanilla, and cool completely. Cover and chill at least 8 hours.
3

Pour into freezer container of a 4-quart electric ice-cream maker. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve immediately, and garnish, if desired, or remove container from ice-cream maker, and place in freezer 15 minutes. Transfer to an airtight container, and freeze 2 hours or until firm. Store leftover ice cream in an airtight container.