Easy Homemade Ice Cream WITHOUT a machine Part 2

ICE CREAM IN A BAG

This is a recipe I learned as a kid.  We've done this camping with all the kids and it is super fun to have fresh ice cream in the mountains.  It only takes 5 minutes to mix. There is a great video that shows you how to do it at Family Fun .

 

Here's the bags ready to go.

 

 My daughter was worried that her hands would get cold so she held the bag between a towel.  We shook the crazies out of the bag.(maybe a little to much because we did get a hole in one of the bags)

5 minutes later this is what we have. Yummy ice cream to enjoy. 

 No Bowl Necessary!!

 

 

Ice Cream In a Bag

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

Instructions

1. Combine the sugar, half and half, 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 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.
   
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! Serves 1.