Cinnamon Ice Cream

Cinnamon Ice Cream

Dessert
195 min
8 servings
279 kcal / serving

Make homemade cinnamon ice cream in your ice cream maker, then enjoy it as a delicious treat either by itself or blended with milk in a milkshake.

Ingredients

  • 2 largeeggs
  • 1 ½ cupshalf-and-half cream
  • 1 cupwhite sugar
  • 1 cupheavy cream
  • 2 teaspoonsground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk eggs together in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Stir half-and-half and sugar together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until mixture begins to simmer. Remove from the heat.

  3. 3

    Pour 1/2 of the hot mixture into the eggs, whisking quickly to avoid scrambling the eggs. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and whisk in heavy cream. Continue cooking over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Remove from the heat, and whisk in cinnamon and vanilla. Set aside to cool, about 30 minutes.

  4. 4

    Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until firm or desired consistency, about 2 to 4 hours.