Vanilla Ice Cream

Well, That wasn't so bad.
I chose Vanilla because I was intimidated by the custard. It turns out it was MUCH easier than I thought it would be!

We sat down and ate some last night while watching Leverage. It was fantastic! I loved the texture right out of the machine too. It was so smooth and creamy. And so rich that we couldn't eat as much as we're used to eating from a store bought brand!

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt

2 cups Heavy Cream
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

Chill a bowl. Combine first four ingredients in a 2qt pot. Heat over medium heat until just before it boils, stirring constantly. Pour into chilled bowl and stir until it cools a little. Put in the fridge to chill for a couple hours - stir whenever you think about it. This is the custard.
Set up your ice cream maker. Combine the cream and vanilla with your custard and pour into the ice cream maker. Freeze as per directions for your machine.
Pack into storage container and freeze for a couple hours before scooping.

Recipes

I've been all over the internet browsing Ice Cream recipes I want to try.
Last night I probably annoyed my Pinterest followers to no end by creating a pinboard of Ice Cream Recipes and pinning nearly 70 different delicious looking recipes. (No, I didn't just pin every single recipe I found, just the ones I want to try)

Turns out this challenge will offer me far more flavor opportunities than the grocery store.

Many of the recipes I have found involve making a custard first. This step requires cooking egg yolks with milk or cream, stirring constantly to prevent clumping. I'm nervous about this. It's this nervousness that made me decide to start this adventure with the most basic of recipes. I'm going to make a vanilla ice cream from one of my tried and true cookbooks.