Vanilla Ice Cream

This is a really  great vanilla ice cream that I got from Paula Deen's recipe blog.  It calls for sliced strawberries as an optional ingredient.  I prefer my fruit blended so I don't have to bite into frozen fruit - it hurts my teeth :<  You could probably add anything to change the flavor.  It doesn't have that heavy cream film you get in your mouth with other vanilla ice cream recipes made with a lot of cream because it has no cream.

4 eggs
2 c. sugar
2 (12-oz.) cans evaporated milk
1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 Tblsp. pure vanilla extract
Whole milk

With an electric mixer, cream eggs and sugar.  Add evaporated milk, condensed milk, and vanilla.  Beat well.  Pour into an electric ice cream churn.  Add whole milk to fill line.  Insert mixer.  Pack cooler 1/3 full with ice.  Add a layer of rock salt.  Repeat layering with ice and salt until full.  Note; be careful not to overfill, spilling salt into the churn.  When machine starts to labor or shut off, remove the dasher and drain water.  Fill with more ice and salt.  Cover with a towel and let harden.
*For fruit ice cream such as strawberry or peach, you may need more sugar depending on the sweetness of the fruit.  Add to the mixture before the milk and mix well.

Note:  For those concerned about raw eggs, pasteurized liquid eggs may be substituted, otherwise use only fresh, properly refrigerated, clean grade A or AA eggs with intact shells and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.