Instant Homemade Ice Cream

Bec's Note:

This is perhaps the easiest ice cream recipe out there! It is a ton of fun to make too! I first made this in Chemistry class a couple of years ago...so it is educational as well! Feel free to mess around with this one- maybe sneak a little malted milk in the mix, or a little chocolate syrup. It's is not exactly gourmet ice cream or anything, but it's tasty!

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk (Or any kind of milk, I always have 1% in the house)
• 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons artificial sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups ice cubes
• ¼ cup rock salt (Whatever kind of salt you have on hand works fine)

Directions:

1. In a quart-sized (regular) ziploc plastic bag, mix together the milk, sugar, and vanilla.
2. Seal the bag tightly, without leaving a lot of air inside.
3. (If you are a little paranoid about it leaking out, feel free to tape it up!).
4. In a gallon-sized ziploc plastic bag, mix the ice and salt.
5. Place the sealed quart-sized bag in the gallon-sized one.
6. Securely seal the gallon-sized bag without leaving very much air in the inside.
7. Shake, mush, and squish the bag for 6-10 minutes, or until the ice cream has set to a soft serve consistency.
8. Remove the inside bag (maybe even rinse off the salt) and you can either eat the ice cream right out of the bag with a spoon, or pour it into a small dish.
9. If you want the ice cream to be more firm, feel free to throw the bag into the freezer for a little while!
10. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Chef #1368345]

holy delisciousness.

[Peachie Keene]

I thought that this was the craziest method - my husband and I were laughing the whole time: we thought for certain that we were doing something wrong. Ha! I am so glad that it worked, and it made tasty ice cream too!! I doubled the recipe, using 2 gallon sized bags and used brown sugar instead of regular. Delicious, just what we wanted at the spur of the moment! Thank you :D

[Mrs.R]

Oh this is so fun! I used skim milk, added 1.5 teas of vanilla and it was lovely. Not gourmet, but when you want a fun, cold snack, this is it! I can't wait to surprise my younger siblings with this! Thanks Bec!