Tag: vanilla

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!

It’s summertime, and many of us think about cold and refreshing treats for the hot days ahead. When I was a little girl, my grandpa would bring out a hand-cranked ice cream maker during family barbecues and my job was to sit on it to hold it steady. It may sound silly, but I loved that job, and felt super important doing it.

I’m not sure if that old ice cream maker fell apart, or it’s stored away somewhere and I can’t find it. I would love to buy or make another one some day, but for now we’ll get Zoey involved in making ice cream another way, that will admittedly burn off more energy!

Let’s make some homemade ice cream in bags!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup of half and half
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• Ice
• 1/4 cup of salt
• 2 plastic sandwich bags
• 1 plastic gallon bag

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pour the half and half, sugar and vanilla extract into a small bowl, then whisk to combine.
2. Pour the half and half mixture into one of the plastic sandwich bags and seal, then place it into the other sandwich bag and seal.
3. Fill half of the gallon bag with ice and the salt.
4. Place the smaller bag into the larger bag and cover the rest of it with ice, then seal the larger bag.
5. The salt will make the ice colder than comfortable so wear oven mitts to protect your hands and shake the bag for about 6-12 minutes.
6. Remove the small bag from the larger bag and rinse it well to remove any salt residue.
7. Carefully open the bag and empty the ice cream into a bowl, stirring a bit to smooth.
8. Enjoy!