Small is Better (Crystals, that is)

So I had another go at making vanilla ice cream. I made sure to follow the three rules I came up with after my last attempt. They were:

1) Make sure ice cream maker bowl is as frozen as possible, at least two days in the freezer.

2) Get the ice cream mix as cold as possible. I managed to get it down to 34F.

3) Don't put too much mix in the ice cream maker. I re-did the recipe to make 3 cups of ice cream mix, instead of the 4 cups I made last time.

The resulting ice cream was much better this time around with very small ice crystals, and I believe it's as good as it's going to get for home made ice cream. Not as good as the store bought but still very good.