Did you know that you can make ice cream in a plastic bag? I sure didn’t! I knew that this would be one that I wouldn’t believe until I saw it.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup half & half (or light cream)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup coarse salt or table salt(I used table salt)
ice
gallon-sized Ziploc bag
pint-sized Ziploc bag
Directions:
1. Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla extract together. Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie. Make sure it seals tightly.
2. Take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice.
3. Now place the cream filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal. Make sure it is sealed tightly and start shaking. Shake for about 5 minutes. It was more like 8 minutes for me.
4. Open the gallon-sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is hard. If not, keep shaking. Once the ice cream is finished, quickly run the closed pint-sized baggie under cold water to quickly clean the salt off the baggie. Open the baggie and pop in a spoon.
It may look a little crumbly from all the shaking, but it’s just as tasty! I really was shocked that this actually worked. What a fun summer activity to do with the kids!
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What!? That’s it!?! That is super fun!
I know, right?!
Do you know if you can do any variations of this? Add some cocoa or chocolate chips or nuts? Could you transfer it to a container and maybe let it harden more? Could you use an artificial sweetener or does it have to be real sugar? Sorry about all the questions. I intend on trying this this weekend but thought I’d ask if you’ve tried any of these. On another note, I just found your blog via Pinterest and think it’s an awesome idea to blog about trying different ideas on Pinterest. I have a small board about the food that I’ve made on there and kind of give my opinion about them but to have a blog like this is great with all the step by step instructions and pictures. I look foward to the rest of the year!
Thank you!
I haven’t tried any variations yet, so I’m not sure if they would work or not. If you want to add chocolate chips or nuts, I would just suggest adding them afterward the ice cream is made. I’m sure you could keep it in the freezer to let it harden more. I’m just not sure how hard it would get, but letting it sit out for a few minutes would solve that problem. Good lucking making it! Have fun!