Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
July 23, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Recipes
Few things scream summer as much as homemade vanilla ice cream. Made simply with cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla, the cold treat is refreshing, satisfying, and very easy to make on your own!
It can be dressed up countless ways with fruits or candies chopped up and sprinkled on top, or even added to the ice cream itself as it’s churning.
The ice cream can also be added to other things, like root beer floats, on top of pie, or squished between some homemade chocolate chip cookies for an ice cream sandwich.
It can be made in a traditional hand-crank ice cream machine, an electric stand-alone maker, or even in what looks to be a children’s toy!
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 cups half-and-half cream
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
~ In a large bowl, combine the heavy cream and the half and half. Gradually whisk in the sugar until blended.
~ Whisk in the vanilla. Refrigerate, covered, until very cold, at least 3 hours or as long as 3 days.
~ Whisk the mixture to blend and pour into the canister of an ice cream maker. Freeze according to the manufacturer’s directions.
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Vanilla Soycream
2 cups soy creamer
1/2 cup vanilla soy yogurt
1 cup agave syrup
2 vanilla beans, scraped
Puree ingredients together, and place in the canister of an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.
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However you make it and whatever you add to it, homemade vanilla ice cream remains a summer treat staple!
[image: flickr]
