Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 egg yolks
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
3/4 cup sugar or 3/4 cup Splenda sugar substitute
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Whisk yolks in a large bowl.
Heat cream, milk, and sugar in saucepan over medium-low until steaming, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Temper 1/2 cup cream mixture into yolks, then whisk yolks into remaining cream mixture.
Cook custard over medium-low stirring occasionally until thickened, about 3 minutes; add vanilla and salt. The custard is done when a path can be drawn on the back of a spoon.
Return mixture to a bowl and cool in an ice bath for 8 minutes. Remove bowl from ice bath, cover with plastic wrap, and chill custard at least 4 hours or overnight.
Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.