Vanilla Ice Cream

1. Separate egg yolks.
2. Whisk egg yolks and sugar together until completely combined.
3. Whisk in cream and milk until completely combined.
4. Cook your base on medium heat until it forms a custard.
5. Add flavorings.
6. Strain into a container and let rest in fridge until cold, preferably overnight.
7. Churn ice cream.Freeze in the freezer until firm.
8. Enjoy!

Trivia

1. The waffle cone was created at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis when Abe Doumar, a traveling salesman, encouraged an ice cream vendor to serve their ice cream on rolled waffles made by another nearby vendor when they ran out of paper dishes.
2. The first known ice cream recipe was handwritten in the recipe book of Lady Anne Fanshawe in 1665, and it was flavored with orange flower water, mace, or ambergris – an intestinal slurry expelled by sperm whales!
3. Chocolate ice cream was invented long before vanilla, and the first documented recipe for it appeared in the book The Modern Steward, published in Italy in 1692.
4. Ben & Jerry's was the first company to sell chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream in 1991, and the flavor was created based on an anonymous suggestion on a board in their Burlington, Vt., shop.