Banana Pudding Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups half-and-half
• 0.5 cups packed light brown sugar
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 large eggs , beaten
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 medium very ripe bananas , mashed
• 1 cup crushed vanilla wafers

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Combine half-and-half, both sugars, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir until sugars are dissolved, about 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Remove from the heat and transfer 1/2 of the hot mixture to a large bowl. Add eggs to the bowl and whisk until well combined.

4. 4

   Pour mixture back into the saucepan. Stir in cream.

5. 5

   Cook and stir over medium-low heat until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.

6. 6

   Pour cream mixture over a fine mesh sieve into a bowl; cool to room temperature.

7. 7

   Stir mashed bananas into cooled cream mixture, then pour into an ice maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

8. 8

   Fold crushed wafers into ice cream during the last 5 to 10 minutes of freezing.