Activity: Ice Cream in a Bag

Ice Cream in a Bag

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with this fun, easy homemade ice cream recipe.

You Will Need These Ingredients:

• Half and Half - 1 Cup (OR you can use ½ cup whole milk and ½ cup cream.)
• Vanilla Extract - 1.5 tsp 
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Salt - ¼ cup
• The type of salt doesn’t matter; regular table salt works just fine. But the chunkier the salt, the less chance it will get mixed into your ice cream by accident.
• Ice 

 

You Will Need These Materials:

• 2 small Ziploc bags, 1 large Ziploc bag
• Gloves

Instructions:

Step 1: Pour 1 cup of half and half into a small ziploc bag.

Step 2: Add 1 1/2  teaspoons of vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of sugar. 

Step 3: Seal the bag firmly and get any excess air out.

    Note: Make sure your Ziploc or other resealable bag has a strong seal or double bag it to prevent salt     from getting into your ice cream.

Step 4: In the larger Ziploc bag, fill it about 1/2 way with ice. Add 1/4 cup of salt.

Step 5: Then add your small bag and fill with extra ice on top. Seal the large bag.

Step 6: Get gloves for shaking and shake for 6 minutes. *Gloves are needed since the salt makes the ice extra cold.

Step 7: Take the small bag out of the large bag and rinse the outside of the small bag with cold water. Make sure to rinse out the top part of the bag also (above the seal).

Step 8: Once done rinsing, carefully open the small bag to not get any remaining salt from the outside of the bag inside the bag.

Step 9: The ice cream will be a little icy looking to start. Use a spoon to mix it around and soften it up a bit. Scoop out and enjoy!

You can experiment by adding different flavors.

Idea credit

-Miss Heather