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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

This recipe was a staple growing up for every 4th of July party I can remember.  As a kiddo, Dad always made it a huge production and let us share in pouring the rock salt on the ice as it was churning.  Great memories.  That, and always ended up having a tummy ache from eating too much…but then doing it again the very next time without fail. 
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Eggs
  • 2 ½ C Sugar
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • 1 qt. Half & Half
  • 1 pint Whipping Cream
  • 5 T Vanilla
  • 2 T Fresh Lemon Juice
  • ½ Gal. Whole Milk

Method
 

  1. In large bowl, mix first seven ingredients with hand mixer.  With the dasher inside the cylinder of the ice cream maker, pour in the mixer.  Fill the remainder of the cylinder with whole milk.  (My dad’s recipe says to fill it within an inch of the top.  However the mixture will expand when frozen.  I would allow for more room, closer to 3” from the top would work.)
  2. Pack the sides of the ice cream maker with ice a third of the way up the canister, and sprinkle with about ¼ C of rock salt.  Add another layer and repeat until you reach the lid and turn on.  Continue to add ice and rock salt as needed.  When the engine starts to sound as though it’s straining, you’re done.  (The time varies from ice maker to ice maker, but approximately 25-30 minutes.)