Have you ever tried to make ice cream in a bag? This awesome little DIY project is perfect to keep the kids busy on a hot summer day! (Vanilla is super easy to make but you’ll definitely want to kick the fun up a notch with this Strawberry Ice Cream in a Bag Recipe!)
Happy Tuesday, I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Holiday! The weather for us has been grey and rainy (thank goodness for the rain, we’ve been in a terrible drought.) But, with the rain, our Memorial Day plans were canceled and I had a couple of bored and very unhappy children on my hands. I really hated having to break the bad news to them, since part of our plans included a sleepover with cousins… (Oh the tears and the drama!)
Luckily, I had a few ideas to banish those tears and entertain my little guys
Have you ever made ice cream in a bag?
My kids loved making ice cream this way, and we hadn’t done this since last summer. So it was time to break out the rock salt and ziplock bags for this awesome little project!
Strawberry Ice Cream in a Bag
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup half n half or milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3 tbs of pureed strawberries (If you want plain vanilla, just leave out the strawberries)
- 3 tbsp of sugar (possibly less if you prefer your ice cream less sweet)
- ice
- rock salt
- gallon size Ziploc bag
- quart size Ziploc bag
- kitchen towel
Directions:
- Mix together the milk, cream, vanilla, sugar and strawberries in the quart size bag. Close the bag and be sure it is completely sealed. (Be careful not to get any strawberry puree in the “zippers”.)
- Fill the gallon-size bag 3/4 the way full of ice and add about 1/4 cup of rock salt to the bag of ice.
- Place the smaller bag of ice cream ingredients into the larger gallon bag and seal the bag.
- Wrap the kitchen towel around the bag and get to shaking the the bags like crazy for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the ice cream is ready.
- Open the bags carefully, you don’t want any ice water in your ice cream! Serve immediately and enjoy.
This fun and delicious little project is a tiny bit messy, so I do recommend doing it outside. It’s so worth it, I promise!
Looks amazing right? ( I can’t wait to try this with mint and chocolate chips!)
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Crystal says
What a fun way to make ice cream. I'm definitely pinning!! Thank you so much!!
reFresh reStyle says
Looks delicious! Pinning1
Samantha Taylor says
Oooh! Yum!
Kelly says
Pinning this one for summer afternoon activity and snack! Thanks!
Carolyn Robbins says
This looks like it would be a lot easier
than the traditional way of making ice cream.
Thanks for sharing your tips.
Bear Hugs,
Carolyn
Bobbie Jones says
Yum.Yum.Yummy!! I'm gonna try it this way 🙂
Pinning it!
Thanks for sharing!
Karen Crossman says
I love this idea! Mt kids are going to love doing this this summer.
Sarah Nenni-Daher says
This looks divine… THe only thing I'm lacking is the heavy cream, so once I pick that up, I'll make these. Pinned! Oh and I found you via A Pretty Life's link party today.
Jamie says
Thanks! I don't always use heavy cream. Sometimes I just use milk and half n half. It's still good, just less creamy.
~jamie
Patti Tucker says
Pinned and stumbled…yum!
zografia says
i love strawberry ice cream! i am definitely trying this one!
Kathi Riemer says
This looks like a fun kid project! Pinned!! Thank you.
Michelle L. says
Oh, that looks fun! And good exercise that I would actually want to do, hee hee!
rewrittenredone says
We used to do this as kids. I havent done it in years though… will be trying it again soon! Thanks! zoe
Crochet Hooks says
wow i had no idea you could make ice cream like this! I can see some fun times with the grandbabies coming up!
Jamie says
They will love it! We made 2 of these bags and there was plenty for my hubby and I to have some too. Plus it is a great way to use up fruit that is on the "verge"…
~Jamie
Noreen says
It's nice, too, that it's not loaded with chemicals. Thanks.
Noreen at craftyjournal.com
Linda@2CookinMamas says
That sounds like such fun and a great way to entertain the kids. Thanks for sharing on Busy Monday.
Lindsey@cultivatenourishing.com says
This looks delicious! I just started a linkup for garden harvest recipes called Eating Inside the Box! It would be awesome if you would share this with us! Please add any other recipes to any fruit/veggie category you'd like! Enjoy the harvest!
http://www.cultivatenourishing.com/strawberries/
Nellie's Cozy place says
oh my heavens, that looks absolutely scrumptious. I want some right now!! lol
Blessings, Nellie
Pauline Molinari says
So fun!! Can't wait to try this with my tween! Thanks for sharing on the #mondayfundayparty !
Kimberly Lewis says
I love making ice cream in a bag! Yum! Pinned. Hugs! Lou Lou Girls
Natasha In Oz says
I've just pinned this-your recipe looks delicious! I can't wait to try it.
Thanks for joining the Say G’Day Saturday linky party. Hope you can join us again this weekend.
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
Jaime says
How much does this make? Can’t wait to make it! 🙂
Jamie says
Makes about a cup, good luck!