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Plastic Bag Ice Cream

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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup half and half
  • 1 Tbsp. white sugar (or more if you want it sweeter!)
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups ice
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 2 sandwich-sized plastic bags
  • 1 gallon-sized plastic bag

Instructions
 

  • Prop a sandwich bag up inside a measuring cup or mug.
  • Add milk, half and half, sugar, and vanilla extract into sandwich bag and close it.
  • Put this sandwich bag inside the other sandwich bag and close it as well.
  • Put ice and salt into the gallon bag.
  • Place the sandwich bags inside the gallon bag and close it up.
  • Shake, shake, and shake some more until the ice cream mixture hardens!
  • Add your favourite toppings and enjoy!  Some ideas are chocolate sauce, nuts, crushed up chocolate bars, and caramel.

Notes

  • Wearing mittens while shaking is suggested! That ice is cold on the hands.
  • Put some music on and make it a fun homemade ice cream shaking party! Dance and shake!
  • If younger children can’t get it shaken enough to harden or it is just not getting to the right consistency, you can put it in the freezer for a bit.