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Low-Fat Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

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Field editor Rebecca Baird of Salt Lake City, Utah shares her recipe for yummy "light" ice cream. It's smooth and creamy with wonderful vanilla flavor.

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Low-Fat Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Process: 20 min./batch + freezing

Yield: 8 Servings

20 20 40

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cups fat-free half-and-half
2 egg yolks, beaten
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add half-and-half; stir until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; cool slightly.
Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until mixture reaches 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon.
Remove from the heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Fill cylinder of ice cream maker two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving. Yield: 1 quart.

Nutritional Facts 1/2 cup (calculated without granola) equals 182 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 139 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Low-Fat Vanilla Ice Cream in Taste of Home August/September 2007, p19

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Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2011 by laurievano

I'm not normally a fan of vanilla but this is amazing - very creamy and does not taste low fat. With this basic recipe you could also add fruit too!

Reviewed on Jul. 18, 2011 by kimbo75

This was fabulous! It was so rich and creamy I couldn't believe it was low fat! I added some chopped peaches the last few minutes of churning and it was spectacular