Nothing beats the smooth, creamy delight of homemade vanilla ice cream, served solo or accompanying a delicious dessert. Whether you own an ice cream maker or not, everyone should have a perfect homemade vanilla ice cream recipe in their repertoire. All you need is the best quality ingredients you can find and a little patience. You may never eat store-bought vanilla ice cream again! Ingredients 1 cup whole milk 3/4 cup sugar 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise 2 cups heavy cream 5 large egg yolks 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract A pinch of salt Method one Using an Ice Cream Maker 1 In a medium saucepan, heat up the milk, sugar and salt. On a chopping board, use a paring knife to scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean carefully. Add these seeds to the milk, with the scraped bean pod. Take the saucepan off the heat, cover with a lid, and allow infusing for at least an hour. You can tell if a