Southern Candied Butter Pecan Ice-Cream

This is one of my family’s all-time favorites!  Southern Candied Butter Pecan Ice-Cream and another one of my husband’s culinary creations … my favorite.

Ingredients
4 eggs
2 3/4 cups sugar
1 quart heavy cream
2 cups half and half
2 tbls. vanilla extract
1 Vanilla Bean (bean scraped out from pod)
3 cups chopped pecans
2 tbls. butter

Method
Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat.  Stir in pecans to coat and sprinkle 3/4 cup sugar over pecans.  Continue to stir to mix and coat pecans until caramelized.  Spread mixture over aluminum foil and cool completely.  Break into small pieces.

In a large mixing bowl, beat 4 eggs, and slowly whisk in 2 cups sugar until well blended. Add 2 cups half and half.

In a separate bowl mix vanilla, vanilla bean and heavy cream.  Mix thoroughly. 

Add vanilla and heavy cream mixture to first bowl, stirring to combine.

Churn according to ice-cream maker’s directions.  Add candied pecans, and mix slowly to distribute. 

Pack into freezer containers and freeze.

Enjoy,
Mary