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Irish Coffee Ice Cream

Source of Recipe


Better Homes and Gardens, March 1996






List of Ingredients



• 1 cup sugar
  
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  
• 4 cups half-and-half or light cream
  
• 3 eggs, beaten
  
• 1/4 cup instant coffee crystals
  
• 1/4 cup whiskey or Irish Mist liqueur
  






Instructions



1. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and gelatin. Stir in half-and-half or light cream. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture almost boils and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
   
   
2. Stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into beaten eggs; return all to the saucepan. Cook and stir for 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Do not boil. Stir in instant coffee crystals and whiskey or liqueur. Cool.
   
   
3. Transfer the mixture to a 4-quart ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's directions.
   
   Makes about 1-1/2 quarts
   (12 to 16 servings)