Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, lighlty beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Recipe

• 1 combine first 3 ingredients in top of a double boler over simmering water. cook until sugar dissolves. stir about one fourth of hot mixture into beaten eggs; add to remaining hot mixture.
• 2 cook over hot, not boiling, water until mixture is thickened and reaches 160f, stirring constantly. stir in butter; remove from heat, and cool. stir milk and vanilla into egg mixture.
• 3 beat whipping cream at medium speed with mixer until soft peaks form; fold whipped cream into custard mixture. stir in pecans.
• 4 pour mixture into freezer container of a hand turned or electric ice cream freezer. freeze according to maufacturer instructions.
• 5 pack freezer with additional ice and rock salt, and let stand 1 hour before serving.