Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

kitty | July 29, 2024   SKIP TO RECIPE  

Two scoops of Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in a homemade waffle cone standing in a glass.

Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is pure magic. Any time you make something with your own hands, in your own home, it’s nothing short of amazing and fulfilling, but homemade ice cream is on another level. It’s not one of the typical things you see being made in your home kitchen growing up, so it has an aura and allure of mystery surrounding its creation and existence. Even as a grown adult (lol ya right) and knowing what’s in it, seeing a few simple ingredients transform into beautifully smooth, delicious ice cream is still awe-inspiring. Once you start making your own, you can’t stop. It’s just too easy, too fun, and too good. 😁

The beauty of ice cream is the purity of its ingredients. Why have we been taught it belongs in the smallest, least nutritious sliver of the archaic and flawed food pyramid? It only consists of a literal handful of whole, and dare I say, HEALTHY, ingredients including whole milk, cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla. That’s it. The foundation of this dreamy dessert is the vanilla-infused custard base. It only takes a few minutes to mix it up and cook it slightly until it thickens. Then it just needs to be chilled until it’s ready to churn. A mere 30 minute churn session in your Kitchen Aid with the ice cream attachment* is all it takes to make a fluffy soft serve. If you have space in your freezer or have a chest freezer** (highly recommend), keep the bowl stashed away in there when not in use so you can fix up a batch of ice cream anytime (and we mean anytime 😏). The best thing we ever did was invest in a chest freezerNow stick that baby into the freezer overnight and you have yourself the most delectable ice cream. 

Its taste is so pure with the floral majesty of vanilla gently licking the cream, its texture so perfectly stretchy and smooth. It’s truly a heavenly experience that almost brings a tear to the eye. Maybe I just love ice cream too much, but who doesn’t? It really is amazing. You just might cry too. Stock quarts of this in your freezer at all times and serve with Homemade Waffle Cones made with your very own waffle cone maker*** to experience a little homemade magic whenever you want. I reiterate: THIS IS A HEALTH FOOD (it fully replaced whey protein shakes). 😇 

* 2019 husband’s Christmas gift

** 2022 husband’s birthday gift

*** 2024 husband’s Father’s Day gift

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Freeze your ice cream maker bowl overnight. 
  2. Prepare an ice bath by filling some ice and water m in a  large bowl. Then place a smaller bowl in the ice water and place a fine mesh strainer over the bowl. 
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until smooth and a pale yellow color. 
  4. Place the milk and vanilla bean with seeds scraped out in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add vanilla extract and simmer until warm. Remove from heat 
  5. Ladle out about 1 cup of the warm milk and slowly pour it into the egg yolk and sugar mixture, whisking constantly. 
  6. Stir the tempered egg and sugar mix into the saucepan with the remaining milk and cook it over low heat until it is thickened and coats the back of a spoon, about 170°F.
  7. Pour the ice cream base through the mesh strainer set over the bowl in the ice bath. Make sure to scrape up any stuck to the bottom of the strainer. 
  8. Stir the heavy cream into the strained ice cream base.
  9. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight or leave in the ice bath and stir occasionally until completely cooled, about 20 minutes. 
  10. Churn the ice cream base according to the machine’s instructions, about 30 minutes. 
  11. Transfer to a container with a lid and freeze for at least 4 hours or until solid. 🥶
  12. Serve with Homemade Waffle Cones and enjoy!

Ice cream base for Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in a measuring cup next to the KitchenAid mixer.
Pouring ice cream base into the KitchenAid ice cream maker bowl while it's churning
Ice cream base in the mixer bowl after it's been churned
Ice cream base in the mixer bowl after it's been churned
Churned Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in a tub
Churned Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in a tub
Two scoops of Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream in a homemade waffle cone standing in a glass.
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream being scooped out of a tub
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream being scooped out of a tub
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