Description
Learn how to make delicious, perfectly churned ice cream right in a sealed bag! This fun, hands-on recipe is perfect for kids and delivers creamy vanilla ice cream in minutes using just ice and salt.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Half-and-Half (or whole milk for slightly lighter results)
- 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Ice (crushed is best)
- 3 tablespoons Coarse Salt (Rock Salt or Kosher Salt)
- 1 Pint-sized Ziploc-style freezer bag (heavy duty)
- 1 Gallon-sized Ziploc-style freezer bag (heavy duty)
Instructions
- In the pint-sized bag, combine the half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla extract. Squeeze out as much air as possible and seal the bag tightly.
- In the gallon-sized bag, place the ice. Add the coarse salt over the ice.
- Place the sealed pint-sized bag inside the gallon-sized bag, nestled among the ice and salt. Seal the gallon bag tightly, ensuring no leaks.
- Wrap the gallon bag in a towel or wear gloves, as the outside will get very cold.
- Shake the bag vigorously for 5 to 10 minutes. Keep shaking until the mixture inside the small bag has solidified into ice cream.
- Carefully remove the small bag from the salty ice bath. Wipe the outside of the small bag thoroughly with a clean paper towel to ensure no salt water gets into the ice cream.
- Open the small bag, scoop the freshly made ice cream into a bowl, and enjoy immediately!
Notes
- For chocolate ice cream, add 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder to the cream mixture.
- If you don’t have coarse salt, regular table salt can work, but you may need to shake longer. Coarse salt lowers the freezing point of the ice more effectively.
- This recipe is best enjoyed immediately, as it won’t have the stabilizers of commercial ice cream and may melt quickly.
- Prep Time: PT5M
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Ice Cream
- Method: Bag Churning
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 30mg