Ice Cream With Evaporated Milk Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 2 ½ cups of sugar
• 2 13-ounce cans of evaporated milk (skim or whole)
• 1 14-ounce can of condensed milk (sweetened)
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
• 1 ¾ quarts of milk (whole, skim or 2 percent)

Instructions

1. Crack the eggs into a large mixing bowl.
2. Beat eggs with a mixer for approximately five minutes.
3. Add sugar, evaporated milk, condensed milk, vanilla, and one quart of the milk.
4. Stir to combine.
5. Pour mixture into a two-quart ice cream freezer.
6. Pour in a sufficient quantity of the remaining milk to reach the fill-line on the canister.
7. Be sure to avoid overfilling.
8. Freeze following manufacturer's instructions for your specific ice cream freezer model.

Variations

You can create a number of flavor varieties following this basic recipe, simply by stirring in additional ingredients before transferring the ice cream mixture to the freezer. Here are a few ideas to try:

• Make fruit-flavored ice cream by stirring in two cups of mashed fruit and additional sugar. You can vary sugar by taste; start with ½ cup of sugar per cup of mashed fruit.
• Create chocolate/peppermint ice cream by stirring in a few cups of crushed hard peppermint candies and a six-ounce bag of milk chocolate chips.
• Prepare cookies and cream ice cream by mixing in four cups of crushed cookies (whatever variety you prefer).
• Enjoy rocky road ice cream by stirring in a six-ounce bag of chocolate chips and four cups of miniature marshmallows; add nuts if desired.

Don't limit yourself to the suggestions provided here - add your favorite ingredients to create your own unique combinations.