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Caramel Ice Cream

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Sugar caramelized dry in a skillet, then built into an egg yolk custard with scalded milk, cream and vanilla.

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Ingredients

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups light cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

  1. Heat sugar slowly in a skillet until melted and light brown, stirring constantly.
  2. In a saucepan, scald milk and pour into the sugar. Cook to dissolve the sugar.
  3. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks and add the hot milk and sugar mixture slowly, stirring constantly.
  4. Cook slowly until thickened. Cool.
  5. Add cream and vanilla. Stir. Refrigerate overnight.
  6. Pour into an ice cream freezer and freeze according to the directions for your freezer.
  7. Put in the freezer a few hours to ripen before serving.

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