Simply The Best Vanilla Ice Cream

Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup milk
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 4 egg yolks, beaten

Recipe

• 1 over medium low heat heat the cream, milk, sugar and vanilla bean until it scalds. remove from heat.
• 2 whisk in a little of the milk/cream mixture into the egg yolks, whisking well.
• 3 return all to saucepan and cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly until appear and custard is thickened. do not boil.
• 4 remove from heat and pour into a 1 quart container.
• 5 let cool and then remove vanilla bean.
• 6 refrigerate (2-4 hours) to cool completely.
• 7 process in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions.
• 8 freeze in freezer until frozen hard. let soften at room temperature for a few minutes before serving.