Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

A friend posted the link this homemade ice cream recipe on fbk. I thought it was easy to make and might even give it a try one of these days (it is actually a craft idea for kids). Here goes..

What you'll need:
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup milk or half & half
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons rock salt
1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc)
1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
Ice cubes

How to make it:
1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
3. Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
4. Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
5. Wipe off the top of the small bag, then open it carefully. Enjoy!


Tips:
A 1/2 cup milk will make about 1 scoop of ice cream, so double the recipe if you want more. But do not increase the proportions more than that - a large amount might be too big for kids to pick-up because the ice itself is heavy.

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