Creamy Home Made Ice Cream Food

CREAMY HOME-MADE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Assembly Directions:
• Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Freezing Directions:
• Pour into ice cream maker container. Start the freezing process and freeze according to the manuafacturer's directions.
• Serving Directions:
• Serve and enjoy!
• Comments:
• You can reduce the carbohydrates in this recipe by substituting Splenda® for the sugar and sugar free pudding mix for the regular pudding mix.
• You can reduce the fat in this recipe by substituting fat free half and half, sweetened condensed milk, and evaporated skim milk.
• To make make chocolate ice cream, use chocolate pudding and chocolate milk in the recipe instead of vanilla pudding and regular 2 percent milk.

CREAMY DREAMY VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk the half-and-half, condensed milk, sugar, vanilla seeds and salt together until sugar is dissolved. Churn the mixture in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions. (Take care not to over-churn the ice cream or it can have a grainy texture.)
• Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container and freeze until firm, at least 1 hour, before serving.

HOMEMADE VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk the cream, milk, sugar, vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Beat the egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1 cup of the hot cream mixture into the beaten yolks, then pour back into the saucepan, whisking, and return to medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture thickens, coats the spoon and reaches 180 degrees F on a thermometer, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl or measuring cup; discard the solids. Stir often until the mixture cools to room temperature. Lightly press plastic wrap directly against the surface of the custard to prevent a skin from forming. Chill until cold, about 3 hours. (For faster chilling, set the bowl of custard in a bowl of ice water and stir until cold.)
• Freeze the mixture in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions. (Take care not to over-churn the ice cream or it can have a grainy texture.) Place the ice cream in the freezer to set up for at least 1 hour. Serve.

HOMEMADE ICE CREAM - NO-COOK VERSION

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients and 1 quart of the milk, adding fruit if desired (optional).
• Pour into a 2-gallon ice cream freezer.
• Add enough of the remaining 1-quart milk to fill the ice cream canister to the fill line on the canister.
• You may not need all of this last quart.
• Do not over-fill the canister.
• Make ice cream according to manufacturer's instructions for the ice cream freezer/churn.
• VARIATION: For Peppermint and Chocolate: Crush 1 small bag of peppermint candy pieces and add 1 small (6 oz) bag of chocolate mini-chips.
• Add marshmallows and/or nuts, if desired.

VANILLA ICE CREAM - CREAMY & DELICIOUS

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with the sugar. Stir until thick (once its mixed well it will be thick).
• In a saucepan, scald the milk (bring slowly to a boil).
• Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly.
• Pour the mixture back into the saucepan (I use a larger saucepan for this part) and heat gently, stirring until the custard thickens. Be careful not to bring it to a boil or it will curdle. When you can see a film form over the back of the spoon, remove the saucepan from the heat. Let cool.
• Once cool, stir the heavy cream and vanilla extract into the custard mixture.
• Take out the ice cream maker's frozen bowl and set it into the ice cream maker. Put in the arm. Put the top on. Turn the ice cream maker on. Pour the mixture into the ice cream maker. You will have yummy ice cream in 25 minutes.

CREAMY VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine the first five ingredients. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon and reaches at least 160°. Remove from the heat; cool quickly by setting pan in ice and stirring the mixture. , Cover and refrigerate overnight or freeze immediately. When ready to freeze, pour custard and vanilla into the cylinder of an ice cream freezer. Freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.