What’s the 4th of July without homemade ice cream?  (Actually this was for the 5th of July as Courtney and Jaren went to the Stadium of Fire on the 4th so we waited a day to do our barbeque and fireworks!)  This is my go to homemade ice cream recipe, you can add anything to it to make it whatever flavor you want, we’ve added Oreos which makes it super yummy!  I’ve had and used this recipe for so long that I can’t even remember where I got it from.

4 eggs

2 1/2 cups sugar

4 cups whipping cream

2 tablespoons vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

5 cups milk

Beat eggs until foamy (crank the mixer up a few notches and let it go until the eggs have lots of bubbly foam).  Turn the mixer back down to low or medium and then gradually start adding the sugar, once sugar is all added beat until thick.  Add cream, vanilla and salt and mix well.  Pour into can of ice cream maker.  Add milk and stir.  Mix according to ice cream maker’s instructions.