Ziplock Bag Ice Cream

By Stephanie Phillips, The Cookerydoo

This homemade ice cream recipe is a perfect activity to keep the kids busy and involved. After combining all the ingredients, each child can simply shake up his or her own pouch of soft serve--and it's done in just 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup salt (The bigger the granules, the better. Kosher or rock salt works best, but table salt is fine.)
  • Ice cubes (enough to fill each gallon-size bag about half full)
  • 1 pint-size ziplock bag
  • 1 gallon-size ziplock bag
  • Mix Ins – Chopped strawberries or 1 tsp locally made maple syrup

Directions

Combine the sugar, half and half, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag and seal it tightly.

Place the salt and ice in the gallon-size bag, then place the sealed smaller bag inside as well. Seal the larger bag. Now shake the bags until the mixture hardens (about 5 minutes). Feel the small bag to determine when it's done.

Take the smaller bag out of the larger one, add mix-ins, and eat the ice cream right out of the bag. Easy cleanup too!

Serves 1.

CookerydooStephanie Phillips is the owner and chief “oodily doo” officer of The Cookerydoo, a cooking school devoted entirely to children ages 3 and up. You can visit them at www.cookerydoo.com

 

 

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