Cream Cheese Ice Cream

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living

Categories: Frozen Desserts

Ingredients

  • 3 cups half-and-half
  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese. cubed and softened
  • 2 tsp. vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a large heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat, and whisk in cream cheese and vanilla bean paste until cheese is melted. Cool completely (about 1 hour), stirring occasionally. Place plastic wrap directly on mixture (to prevent a film from forming), and chill 8 to 24 hours.
  2. Pour mixture into freezer container of a 1 1/2 -quart electric ice-cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. Transfer ice cream to an airtight container. Freeze 4 hours before serving.

  3. makes about 1 quart

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