"Vanilla Ice Cream"

Vanilla Ice Cream Equipment

For this ice cream you will need:

Ice cream maker, any brand should do fine

Mixing bowl

Measuring cups

Measuring spoons

Spoon

Cups to store the ice cream in

Vanilla Ice Cream Ingredients

This recipe calls for:

1 qt. half-and-half

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups whipping cream (Not whipped cream, but the liquid whipping cream

First Step: Mixing

Take your large mixing bowl and mix 1 qt. half and half with 1 cup sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Second Step: Stirring Vanilla Ice Cream

Add 1 tablespoon vanilla extract along with the 2 cups whipping cream to your mixture. Once you do this prepare your ice cream machine. Make sure its freezing cylinder has been in your freezer for the required amount of time your machine's instructions calls for. Starting with the cylinder completely frozen is key to good ice cream. If the cylinder is not frozen completely, the ice cream will come out soupy.

Third Step: Freezing Vanilla Ice Cream

Put your ice cream mixture in to your machine, and turn it on. Then wait for it to freeze. This took our machine around 25 minutes. Make sure you don't turn your machine off during the freezing step. Once your ice cream has been freezing for 25 minutes it should look like the lower picture. If it is still not thick enough, or you don't care for soft serve ice cream, stick it in the freezer for a few hours and its texture will become more firm.