The weather might be cooling off for a few days in Ohio, but within the next week the heat will be back! Summer is is in full swing, so you might be looking for some inexpensive, fun activities to spend some quality time and cool off with your family. Keep reading to check out this easy homemade ice cream recipe activity from Growing a Jeweled Rose.
Ingredients for the Ice Cream Bag:
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream or half and half
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 tsp sugar (turbinado or granulated)
- 6 tablespoons of coarse kosher salt
- Sandwich bags
- Gallon size resealable bag
Steps to make Ice Cream in a Bag
- Place these ingredients into a tightly sealed sandwich sized bag, pressing the air out as you seal it.
- Then put this into another tightly sealed sandwich bag.
- Fill a gallon size resealable bag half-way full of ice cubes, and mix with 6 tablespoons of coarse kosher salt.
- Then put the sealed sandwich-size bag into the middle of the ice, and seal the larger bag.
- Mix up the ice cream! This can be achieved by simply shaking the bags around for five minutes. However, you can make a fun game of mixing up the ice cream with move-around games like tag.
- Enjoy the ice cream!
You can make this fun, hands-on experience into an educational one as well! Check out this article from Britannica Kids to learn more about the history and production of ice cream: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/ice-cream/275028
Adapted from: https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/07/summer-fun-ice-cream-in-bag.html