The Best Ice Cream

Here’s the scoop: You can make this cool concoction at home with six ingredients! Senior Food Editor Peggy Woodward shares her foolproof tips.

- Peggy Woodward

Best Ever Vanilla Ice Cream

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Process: 25 min./batch + freezing

Makes: 41/2 cups

2 cups heavy whipping cream

2 cups 2% milk

3/4 cup sugar

1/8 tsp. salt

1 vanilla bean

6 large egg yolks

1. In a large heavy saucepan, combine cream, milk, sugar and salt. Split vanilla bean in half lengthwise. With a sharp knife, scrape seeds into pan; add bean. Heat cream mixture over medium heat until bubbles form around sides of pan, stirring to dissolve sugar.