Making Simple Vanilla Ice Cream

Reader Contribution by Claire E
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I made ice cream this morning so we could have it after dinner tonight. I’ve made it before, and I like it. It’s tasty, of course, but also easy. We cheat and use an electric ice cream machine (instead of a hand crank, though you can use that as well). The thing is loud, though.

I measured out the cream and milk, then the sugar. The only other ingredient: vanilla. I poured out one teaspoon of vanilla extract. It stood there, pungent-smelling, black in the teaspoon measure. Then I dumped it into the bowl.

I whisked it together–the sugar made a scraping, grating sound against the bottom. It had all settled, and resisted the trembling wire whisk. Then I set the ice cream bowl in its base, plugged it in, and poured in the soon-to-be ice cream. The sugar was in a thick sludgy layer at the bottom of the bowl and had to be scraped at with a spatula. I put in the dasher, covered the top, turned the ice cream maker on, and set the oven timer for 20 minutes, when I would check on it.

Then, since I’m a homeschooled 11-year-old, I went into the other room to do my algebra homework.

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