This Is How to Make the Best Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla has a bad rap. Just because vanilla is our most ubiquitous ice cream flavor, doesn't make it boring. Actually, vanilla is kind of the best, because it goes with EVERYTHING.

It's the base for most of the best ice cream mashups out there (just ask Ben or Jerry) and the best ice cream-based desserts: bananas foster, sundaes, everything a-la-mode.

The best kind of vanilla ice cream is the kind you make yourself, because taking some dairy, eggs, vanilla and sugar and turning into ice-cold creamy deliciousness like a damn alchemist is just good old-fashioned childlike fun. RECIPE: Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Then you can add whatever want to the mix, and create whatever kind of ice cream you want: cookies n'cream, s'mores, stone-cold sundaes. Dream big.

Who said vanilla was boring?

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