The Most Unbelievable Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 4 cups milk
  • 2 quarts heavy cream
  • 8 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon almond flavoring

Method

  • Combine sugar, flour and salt in a large saucepan; stir in milk. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat, until mixture thickens and bubbles one minute.
  • Stir half the hot mixture slowly into beaten eggs in a medium-size bowl; stir back into remaining mixture in saucepan (If you don't do this, you'll scramble the eggs). Cook, stirring, one minute.
  • Pour into a large bowl; stir in cream and vanilla and almond flavoring. Chill overnight.
  • Pour mixture into a 6+ quart freezer can; freeze following manufacturer's directions.

Notes

  • NOTES:
  • Serving Ideas : Delicious all on its own...very rich!NOTES : This is the ice cream we have made for years...I use to make it with all cream (half & half in place of milk). Believe me, you don't need it. This is incredibly creamy.
  • It has 323 calories in just a half cup with 66% from fat!!!
  • Holy Moses....
  • But you won't be able to eat any more than a half cup.
  • SERVINGS: 24
  • SOURCE: Char Zyskowski

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Comments

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Betsy Speare
posted about 12 years ago
This is why mom got me an ice cream maker almost 10 years ago. I still haven't made this ice cream but somehow it's calling to me...hmmmm what happened to my new years resolution? oh ya - i don't have one! ha!