OAMC Ice Cream

I scream!  You scream!We all scream for ICE CREAM!  This is a great base ice cream.  You can add pretty much anything you would like to! See all my favorite variations!  In my opinion, don't try messing with the cream/milk ratio.  If you do, your fat content will be off and you'll have ice MILK instead of ice CREAM!

Ice Cream Base (Vanilla!)

Makes about 1 Quart

Ingredients:

2 eggs

2 c heavy cream

1 c milk

3/4 c sugar

2 t vanilla

1/4 t salt

Directions:

1.  In a saucepan, heat milk, cream, and sugar over med heat until mixture bubbles around the edge, about 5 minutes.

2.  Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the egg yolks and spice, liquid, and fruit extras.

3.  Remove the milk mixture from the heat.  Whisk 1/2 c hot milk mixture into egg mixture until smooth.  Add another 1/2 c milk into eggs, whisk until Smith.  Add entire egg mixture into the saucepan.

4.  Cover over med heat stirring constantly, keeping the custard to a low simmer.  Cook until mixture coats the back of the spoon and leaves a clear trail when a finger is drawn though it, about  minutes.  DO NOT BOIL.

5.  Put the custard into a bowl, cover, and refrigerate at least 3 hours, up to 24 hours

6.  Transfer to ice cream maker and freeze according to maker's instructions.

7.  Transfer ice cream to freezer container, mix in solid extras (like chocolate chips)  This is soft serve.

8.  Cover and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours. 

Variations:

1.  Chocolate: 2 oz melted chocolate-add to step 4

2. Coffee:  4 T instant flavored coffee

3.  Peppermint:  2 t peppermint or 1/2 c crushed candy canes (about 1 box)

4.  Butter Pecan:  1/2 c melted butter, 1 c pecans

5.  Peach: 1 c pureed (or small diced) peaches, 1 T lemon juice

6.  Cake Batter:  1 c any flavor cake box mix

7.  Strawberry:  1 pint strawberries pureed (or small diced)

8.  Pumpkin Pie:  1 c pumpkin, replace sugar with brown, 1/2 t cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 t nutmeg

9.  Spicy Mexican Chocolate: 1/2 c cocoa powder, 1 t cinnamon, 1/8 t cayenne pepper

10.  Peanut Butter-  add 1/2 c peanut butter-add to step 4

11.  Cheesecake-  4 oz cream cheese, 1/4 c sugar, mix, add to step 4.  Add 3 crumbled graham crackers

12.  Chocolate chip- 2 oz mini chocolate chips
13.  Rocky Road- Chocolate ice cream: 1 c mini marshmallows, 1/2 c slivered almonds

14.  Candy bar- 1 king size finely chopped candy bar of your choice (SNICKERS!)

15. Cherry Garcia-  1/4 c finely chopped Maraschino cherries, 2 oz mini chocolate chip