Homemade Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream (Recipe)

A few weeks ago, I was reading a "well known" brand of ice cream's
ingredients. For years, this brand touted that it was just milk, cream
and sugar.  I was highly disappointed when I learned that the product
was no longer called ice cream, was now called Frozen Dairy Dessert.
I struggled to figure out what Frozen Dairy Dessert was. I later
learned that Frozen Dairy Dessert is what they call something that
doesn't have enough milk or cream to be called ice cream.

I decided that if I couldn't buy my husband's favorite - Cherry
Vanilla, I would have to make it.  Turns out - it's actually pretty
easy. I bought a cusinart ice cream maker and adapted the recipe in
their book to fit our needs.

Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream:

2 cups  heavy cream
1 cup  whole milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
pinch of kosher salt
1 cup of frozen cherries - sliced into quarters

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Put milk, sugar and salt in a bowl. Use a hand mixer on low speed or
whisk to combine until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the heavy
cream and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or
overnight.  (I prefer to leave it in longer, seems like the texture is
better.)

When ready:

Turn on your ice cream maker.
Pour 1/4 of the mixture into the frozen freezer bowl.
Add 1/4 of frozen cherries.

Repeat until you use all of your mixture and cherries.
Let mix freeze until thickened - about  20 minutes, depending on your ice
cream maker. The ice cream will have a soft, creamy texture (kinda
like soft serve). If a firmer consistency is desired, place into
container and put in the freezer for 2 hours or more.