Old Fashion Ice Cream

Makes About 1 Quart
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups half and half
3/4 cup sugar
4 egg yolks, beaten
2 to 3 inch length vanilla bean and/or 2 tsp vanilla extract
(Need an Ice Cream Freezer)
1. Heat cream, half and half and sugar in a heavy saucepan, stirring 2 or 3 times until sugar melts and mixture heats.
2. Beat egg yolks in a small bowl. Pour some of the hot cream into beaten yolks, beating to mix. Add yolks to hot cream. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat, until mixture thickens slightly, about 8 minutes. DO NOT BOIL.
3. Pour into clean bowl. Cut vanilla bean open and scrape the seeds into hot mixture, mix in. cover and chill.
4. Stir before pouring ice cream freezer. Follow directions for freezing given by the ice cream freezer manufacturer.

Chocolate Ice Cream: Melt together 3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate and 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate. Add to the hot mil before adding egg yolks. Proceed as directed above.

Other additions: Add 1 cup of any of the following to partially frozen ice cream and continue freezing as directed.Crushed or broken cream filled chocolate cookies; Chopped toffee candy bars; Crushed hard peppermint candies; Chopped sweet or semi sweet mini chocolate chips; chopped toasted almonds.