I was gonna wait to post this tomorrow, but with the Heat Index hovering somewhere around 115 today. What the hell….
Let us cool off with some homemade ice cream.
It would be much easier if I had a ice cream machine (which I reallyyyyy want) but ice cream in a bag works just as well.
You probably don’t even have to go buy anything for it either. Which makes it a major PLUS in my book.
What you’ll need:
◦ 2 TBLSP sugar
◦ 1 Cup half & half (or light cream)
◦ 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
◦ 1/2 cup salt
◦ ice
◦ gallon-sized Ziploc bag
◦ sandwich size Ziploc bag
Lets get started:
1) Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla together. Pour into a sandwich baggy. Squeeze out as much air as possible and seal tightly.
2) Now fill the gallon Ziploc bag halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice; add the bag of half and half.
3) Make sure it’s sealed tightly and start shaking.
Shake, Shake, Shake for 5 minutes. (Your hands will get COLDDDDD use gloves or a dish towel)
4) It should only take 5-6 minutes of shaking. Open the gallon sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is finished.
Once finished, rinse the salt off the sandwich bag.
5) Scoop into a bowl OR pop a spoon straight into the bag (like Craig)
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So, is it good?
Well, we made quite a few bags of it, and it was devoured in the matter of minutes. So you tell me.
What’s your favorite way to cool off when it’s too hot to bear outside?
# kristanlynn
xoxo
