Cinnamon Ice Cream

Enjoy the warm, comforting flavors of cinnamon in this recipe for homemade ice cream. Its a delicious treat for any event because its creamy and smells great.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

Put heavy cream, milk, sugar, and cinnamon stick in a saucepan

Stir the mixture every so often while heating it over medium-low heat until it starts to steam but does not boil

Whisk the egg yolks in a different bowl until they are smooth

Slowly add a little of the hot cream mixture to the egg yolks while whisking them all the time to temper them

While stirring constantly, pour the tempered yolks back into the saucepan with the rest of the cream mixture

Keep cooking on medium-low until the mixture gets thick enough to stick to a spoon

Remove from heat and use a fine-mesh sieve to get rid of the cinnamon stick and any bits of cooked egg

Add vanilla extract and stir

Put the mixture in the fridge and leave it there until its completely cold, preferably overnight

After the mixture has cooled, freeze it in an ice cream maker according to the directions that came with it

Move the churned ice cream to a container that can go in the freezer

Freeze for 4 hours or overnight, until it is firm