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Vanilla Ice Cream Recipes

Grandma's Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipes Are Easy To Make

Grandma's easy vanilla ice cream recipes call for all-natural ingredients so the old fashioned ice cream tastes extremely good, and it's good for you too.

Countless polls show that vanilla is still the world's favorite flavor for ice cream. Folks never seem to grow tired of eating it.

Whether you are searching for an electric ice cream maker recipe, or you choose to make ice cream in your refrigerator freezer, or in an old fashioned churn, an old-time recipe for vanilla ice cream will make a deliciously smooth and flavorful ice cream that will leave you begging for more. Make yourself an old fashioned treat today.

President Thomas Jefferson's Ice Cream Recipe

Did you know that Thomas Jefferson returned to America from his stint as ambassador to Paris in 1789 with handwritten French vanilla ice cream recipes and his own ice cream making equipment? It was not long before he had a special icehouse built at Monticello so he could indulge in making frozen desserts the year-round.

Jefferson often served his distinctive frozen treats to favored guests at Monticello. He loved to eat French vanilla ice cream and even had special orders of vanilla bean pods sent to him from Paris.

The original copy of Jefferson's vanilla ice cream recipe is currently on display at the United States Library of Congress. You can view it by clicking on the link below. (The image will appear in a separate window.)

Thomas Jefferson's Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Grandma McIlmoyle's Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

The following original recipe for vanilla ice cream is taken from an old handwritten recipe book of Grandma's that she used in Calgary, Alberta, about 1912.

Typical of pioneer recipes, it is one of the easiest and most inexpensive vanilla custard ice cream recipes to make, calling for whole milk instead of cream, and it yields a delicious-tasting frozen dessert.

Ingredients: 6 cups of milk; 4 eggs, whites and yolks separated; 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 small teaspoons vanilla, 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, a little salt.

Method: Heat milk. Mix egg yolks and add sugar, mix cornstarch to sugar and egg, then add to hot milk, then add salt and flavoring, add beat egg whites last. Freeze. This makes a freezer full.

Philadelphia Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

The following homemade vanilla ice cream recipe is taken from the book "Lee's Priceless Recipes" compiled by Dr. N. T. Oliver, published by Laird & Lee, Chicago, in 1895.

The version calling for vanilla sugar is similar to the traditional French vanilla bean ice cream recipes that have been popular since the 17th century. After you sample this elegant blend of rich cream and homemade vanilla sugar, store-bought vanilla ice creams will seem very ordinary to your taste. You will be proud to serve this delicious frozen treat.

Philadelphia is a name generally applied in America to all ice creams made with pure cream and no eggs. There are three ways of making this ice cream.

Ingredients: One quart cream, 1 scant cup sugar, flavor to taste.

Methods: 1. Mix the sugar and flavoring with the cream, and when the sugar is dissolved strain it into the freezer. This is the quickest and easiest method; the cream increases in bulk considerably and is of a light snowy texture.

2. Whip the cream until you have taken off a quart of the froth, mix the sugar and flavoring with the unwhipped cream, strain into the freezer, and when partly frozen add the whipped cream and freeze again until stiff. This gives a very light delicate texture to the cream.

3. Heat the cream in a double boiler until scalding hot, melt the sugar in it, and when cold add the flavoring. This is considered by many the best method, as the cream has a rich body and flavor, and a peculiarly smooth, velvety appearance. It also prevents the cream from turning sour. The cream may be whipped first, and the froth removed until you have a pint, then scald the remainder of the cream with sugar, and when cold add the whipped cream.

Version 1: Vanilla Flavoring:
The simplest way is just before freezing flavor with 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of the extract of vanilla; the amount will depend upon the strength and purity of the extract.

Version 2: Vanilla Sugar Flavoring:
Use 1/4 less than the sugar given in the basic Philadelphia vanilla ice cream recipe; just before freezing add from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls of vanilla sugar (see below), or enough to give the flavor desired.

How To make Vanilla Sugar:
Split 1 ounce Mexican vanilla beans, remove the fine seeds and soft part; put them in a mortar with 1/2 pound sugar and bruise them till the seeds are separated and thoroughly mixed with the flour; sift through a fine strainer, letting all the fine seeds go through with the sugar; cut the outer part of the bean into small pieces, bruise with another 1/2 lb of sugar; sift and pound again until all is fine.

The sugar that has the seeds may be kept for French vanilla ice cream recipes, as the presence of the seeds is very desirable in genuine vanilla bean ice cream. The second portion may be used for flavoring custards, etc.

Enjoy trying these homemade vanilla ice cream recipes. Frozen custard recipes are easy dessert recipes to make, and your friends and family will love the uniquely old-fashioned taste.

When it comes to rich-tasting ice creams, you really cannot beat these old fashioned ice cream recipes from Grandma's collection.

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