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Plastic Bag Ice Cream

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Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. Prop a sandwich bag up inside a measuring cup or mug.
  2. Add milk, half and half, sugar, and vanilla extract into sandwich bag and close it.
  3. Put this sandwich bag inside the other sandwich bag and close it as well.
  4. Put ice and salt into the gallon bag.
  5. Place the sandwich bags inside the gallon bag and close it up.
  6. Shake, shake, and shake some more until the ice cream mixture hardens!
  7. 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.