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I was looking for ice cream I could make with skim milk. I used this recipe, but used 3 cups of skim milk and 1 cup of heavy (whipping cream.) It is now my favorite vanilla ice cream. It is rich, without using a ton of eggs. Thank you!<\/p>
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Regarding half and half vs. heavy cream. Half and Half is 18% fat, heavy cream is 36% fat. Compare this to whole milk which I believe is 4%, skim is non-fat, and then you have 1% and 2% milk as well. So the answer is that half and half is half the fat of heavy cream.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2011-07-20","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OlivePumpkin"},"reviewBody":"I'm not normally a fan of vanilla but this is amazing - very creamy and does not taste low fat. 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