Peppermint Ice-Cream

Ingredients:

1 quart half and half

1 cup granulated sugar-divided

2 Tbsp. corn syrup

14 egg yolks

1 1/4 tsp. Star Kay White mint extract

Optional: Add 3/4 cup chocolate chips or chocolate shavings

Place egg yolks into a medium size bowl. Add half of the sugar and thoroughly whip to combine. Set aside. Place the half and half, the other half of the sugar and corn syrup in a two quart saucepan and bring to a boil. Watch carefully. As soon as the liquid comes to a boil remove it from the heat and pour into the egg yolk mixture in a slow, steady stream while whipping the egg yolks. When fully combined, pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place on medium heat. Cook mixture, stirring constantly until it reaches 180 on a candy thermometer. Mixture will thicken as it cooks. Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl and cool as quickly as possible in a larger bowl filled with ice. Chill in refrigerator overnight. Use mixture in your ice cream maker and follow manufacturers instructions. Chill until ready to serve.

Optional: Once ice cream is almost frozen stir in chocolate chips. Another option is to add crushed hard candy peppermints and a little red food coloring to the ice cream mixture.

Recipe Source: Star Kay White, Inc.