Yes, I just wrote ice cream. If I didn’t just make ice cream I wouldn’t believe it either.

My son saw something on PBS Kids over the weekend. He is now obsessed with making ice cream. I didn’t really want to go out and purchase either an attachment for the KitchenAid or an ice cream maker. While I love my kitchen gadgets, I honestly didn’t want to add another thing to my kitchen. I’ve got plenty of stuff.

So off to the Googles I went. I found a video showing kids how to make ice cream in a bag. I wasn’t convinced yummy ice cream could have come from three 1-gallon bags and a towel.

Recipe had six ingredients: milk, heavy cream, vanilla, sugar, salt, and ice. All ingredients children and adults alike can pronounce.

 

Serves four with sensible serving sizes.

1 cup milk

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup salt divided into two 1/2 cups

10 cups ice divided into five 1 cups

Combine first four ingredients and a dash of salt into a 1-gallon ZipLock bag. Make sure the air is out of the bag, seal it, then mix well. Fill up two Zip Lock bags each with five cups of ice and 1/2 cup of salt. Seal and mix well.

Place one ice bag on a towel. Add the milk bag then the second ice bag. Wrap the towel up. Let sit for 30-minutes.Bunch up the bag like an icing bag and snip a corner off. Fill bowls.

It was REALLY yummy!

You can’t get fresher ice cream. And in thirty minutes! And a fun activity to do with your kids.

I know my guy loved it!