Homemade Ice Cream Vanilla

INGREDIENTS:

To make this homemade ice cream we take the following ingredients:

2 cups sugar

6 tablespoons all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

5 cups milk

6 eggs

4 cups half-and-half

3 tablespoons vanilla extract

2-3 pounds rock salt

METHOD:

1.In heavy saucepan with spoon,combine sugar,flour and salt.In medium bowl with hand beater or wire whisk,beat milk and eggs together until well blended;stir into sugar mixture until smooth.Cook over low heat,stirring constantly,until the mixture thickens and coats a spoon,about 30-45 min,being sure custard does not boil or it curdle.Remove saucepan from the heat.

2.Cover the surface of the thickened mixture with waxed paper and refrigerate until thoroughly cooled,approximately 2 hours.Pour the half-and-half vanilla extract and cooled custard mixture into ice-cream freezer can.Place dasher in the ice cream freezer can;put lid on can and place can in bucket;attach motor or hand crank to the freezer can.

3.Fill bucket half full with ice;sprinkle with 1/4 cup rock salt.Add 1 inch ice and 1/4 cup salt;repeat to 1 inch below can lid.Freeze according to manufacturer’s directions,adding more ice and salt as needed.Freezing will take 35-45 min.Remove motor or hand crank;wipe can lid and remove;remove dasher.With spoon,pack down the soft homemade ice cream.

4.Cover opening of the freezer can with waxed paper and then replace the can lid;put cork in the hole in center.Add more ice and salt to cover can lid.Let stand to harden homemade ice cream 2-3 hours and salt as needed.