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Grandma's Vanilla Ice Cream

With summer on its way, Grandma's Homemade Ice Cream is a custard-style vanilla frozen treat the entire family will enjoy.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Cooling time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: vanilla ice cream
Servings: 1 gallon

Ingredients

  • 4 Tablespoons flour
  • 3 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 quart whole milk
  • 8 to 10 eggs beaten
  • vanilla to taste up to one Tablespoon
  • 1 pint half and half or heavy whipping cream
  • 3 quarts whole milk may not need it all

Instructions

  • Mix flour and sugar.
  • Put 1 quart of whole milk in saucepan on stove to warm.
  • When hot, add sugar mixture, stirring constantly until it starts to thicken.
  • Add beaten eggs to hot milk mixture, tempering the egg mixture first to prevent cooking the beaten eggs.
  • Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens like a custard.
  • Remove from heat and cool completely.
  • Once cooled, add vanilla to taste - up to 1 Tablespoon.
  • Add to ice cream freezer insert.
  • Add pint of heavy cream or half and half to about an inch from the top. You may need to add additional whole milk to fill your container depending on its size.
  • Freeze per the instructions for your ice cream freezer.
  • Eat right away or freeze to get a firmer texture.

Notes

  • After adding the cooled ice cream mixture to your ice cream freezer, you need to add 1 pint of heavy whipping cream (that’s our recommendation) or half and half. If this doesn’t fill the container to about an inch from the top, add whole milk until it does.