I Scream for Ice Cream

With all of the rain we've been getting this summer, I have had to come up with more than the usual amount of activities and such to keep the girls from driving me crazy going stir crazy. We've baked cookies, set up a school in their playroom, played JumpStart on the computer and had mini dance recitals in our kitchen. And that was just in the first two weeks!

I was beginning to run out of ideas, but then I remembered Kiki brought home a recipe for homemade ice cream the last week of school and thought we'd give it a try. I love ice cream (who doesn't?) so I am always game for some. This was so much easier than making it in one of those old fashioned crank style ice cream makers and just as yummy. We pretty much followed the recipe to a "T", but added chocolate chips in the end. I think we just might have to experiment with this and try adding different flavors (which will give me an excuse to make some more - heh).

So next time you are craving ice cream, or are needing to keep your kids from killing each other occupied, try making some homemade ice cream in a bag. That'll keep them busy (and quiet too) for at least a little while!

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup salt
ICE CUBES (enough to fill half of a gallon-size bag)
1 pint size ziplock bag (sandwich bag size)
1 gallon size ziplock bag

1. combine sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in the pint size bag and seal it tightly

2. Place the salt and ice in the gallon size bag, then place the sealed smaller bag inside. 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

3. 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!










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