Rich Vanilla Ice Cream

Name: Rich Vanilla Ice Cream
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 1 quart)
Ingredients: 1 , vanilla bean; 1 3/4 cups, heavy cream; 1 1/4 cups, whole milk; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1/3 cup, light corn syrup; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 6 , large egg yolks

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

The main reason more people don’t make their own ice cream? It’s never as creamy, smooth, or dense as the best stuff from the store. We decided to change that.

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SERVES 8 (Makes about 1 quart)

TIME 1 hour, plus 7 hours chilling

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