There is no time like National Ice Cream Month to help your kids make their own ice cream.
The recipe below for ice cream in a bag makes two small servings. Want more? Double your ingredients. This makes vanilla ice cream, but add some powdered chocolate and you have chocolate ice cream! Experiment with other ingredients to make other flavors!
Ice Cream in a Bag
What you need:
- 1 cup any kind of milk or half-and-half
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups (doesn't need to be exact) of ice
- 1/3 cup salt
- a sandwich-sized plastic resealable bag
- a gallon-sized plastic resealable bag
- Gloves
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Directions:
- Mix milk, sugar, and vanilla in the small bag. Squeeze out the air and seal.
- Mix ice and salt in the large plastic bag.
- Place the small bag into the big bag.
- Shake hard for 5-7 minutes or until the milk mixture is frozen. Use gloves because the bag will get very cold!
Grab a spoon and let's eat!
