Vanilla Ice Cream

Come warm weather, there’s nothing better than a frosty scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream pulled right from your freezer. It’ll impress your friends and keep you supplied with dessert all season long.

This rich, yet unassuming dessert has a very storied history that spanned North America, Europe, and Asia. You can make your very own special brand of vanilla ice cream right in the comfort of your kitchen. Store it in an insulated storage container to keep it cold for hours together. The steps are simple, the ingredients are readily available and…what are we waiting for?

Let’s get started then!

Ingredients

Large eggs: 2

Sugar: 3/4 cup

cups heavy cream: 2

cup whole milk: 1

Vanilla extract to taste

salt to taste

reasonably heavy-bottomed pot, 2-quart capacity or larger: 1

bowl: 1

whisk: 1

wooden spoon: 1

Measuring cups and spoons

A strainer

An ice cream maker

How To Make 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.