Instant Homemade Ice Cream

"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!"
 
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photo by Alyssa A. photo by Alyssa A.
photo by Caitie R. photo by Caitie R.
Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
1
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a quart-sized (regular) ziploc plastic bag, mix together the milk, sugar, and vanilla.
  • Seal the bag tightly, without leaving a lot of air inside.
  • (If you are a little paranoid about it leaking out, feel free to tape it up!).
  • In a gallon-sized ziploc plastic bag, mix the ice and salt.
  • Place the sealed quart-sized bag in the gallon-sized one.
  • Securely seal the gallon-sized bag without leaving very much air in the inside.
  • Shake, mush, and squish the bag for 6-10 minutes, or until the ice cream has set to a soft serve consistency.
  • 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.
  • If you want the ice cream to be more firm, feel free to throw the bag into the freezer for a little while!
  • Enjoy!

Questions & Replies

  1. Really easy, but it wasn’t very tasty. I added everything that was needed and even MORE sugar but it still didn’t taste good. What should I do differently next time??
     
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Reviews

  1. Well, as I read the directions, it says you dont add the salt to the ice cream itself so if you do it right, it will taste great! In fact I'm eating some right now. Makes me want the ice cream attachment for our KitchenAid mixer. I wish I found this years ago!
     
  2. Does it get any easier? The kids loved this project. It was something different for them to do. The youngest was shocked it turned into “ice cream” we added more ice cubes to the second bag. I think it took them about 10 min shaking the bags. The oldest wants to try it t with chocolate syrup & milk next time. Thanks!
     
  3. Yay!
     
  4. Didn't work. I don't know what I did wrong. I even tried freezing it after and it wouldn't freeze?
     
  5. I threw all the ingredients in the blender (with half the salt, because it sounded like a lot). And I about died since it tasted like pure salt! We are going to try again omitting the salt! Looked super yummy though!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Add apple pie spice & cinnamon for apple pie flavor
     
  2. I added apple pie spice and cinnamon to make it apple pie flavored
     

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