A rich and creamy homemade French Vanilla ice cream recipe yields an unforgettable country ice cream flavor.

Ingredients:

1 ½ Cups Milk
¾ Cups Sugar
Pinch salt
2 Cups Heavy (Whipping) Cream
3 Egg Yolks
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

Mix egg yolks, ¼ cup sugar and salt in bowl with a wire whisk until well blended. Set aside. Scald milk by heating in top portion of a double boiler until near boil without actually boiling. Stir occasionally as milk heats. As soon as you start seeing milk bubbles forming around the inside edges of the pot as well as some steam rising, add remaining sugar and stir into milk until dissolved. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Slowly drizzle egg yolk mixture into milk while stirring gently with a wire whisk. Return to heat and continue to cook on double boiler until the mixture thickens slightly, forming custard (it will coat the back of a spoon such that a line drawn across it with your finger will hold for 2 seconds). Remove from the heat and cool. Add cream and Vanilla. Chill before freezing in your ice cream maker. Freeze according to ice cream machine manufacturer’s instructions.