{"id":13393,"date":"2016-08-17T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/?p=13393"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:13:24","slug":"ice-cream-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/ice-cream-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream in a Bag Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ice Cream in a Bag?!?!? No ice cream maker required! All you need is ice, rock salt, and a few simple ingredients to shake up inside a bag. A perfect recipe for kids!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

Oh man, you guys! I can’t believe I haven’t posted this recipe yet!!<\/p>\n

It’s practically pumpkin season (which I’m late posting for every year as it is), and here I am with two\u00a0summer-y ice cream recipes left to post. Sometimes I just get so\u00a0obsessed with\u00a0making more and more and more<\/em> recipes, that I forget what I’ve already got on hand. ????\u00a0*palm to the head*<\/em><\/p>\n

Anyway. I don’t want to delay sharing this recipe any longer with you guys, so I’m going to jump on in!<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

Making homemade ice cream was on our bucket list for this summer, but I kept forgetting to put the ice cream canister in the freezer. And I knew the overnight recipe wouldn’t fly with this kid, because… you know. We’d have to\u00a0wait<\/em>. ????<\/p>\n

But I’m glad we didn’t go that route, because we had so much fun making this ice cream in a bag recipe! Plus, it is absolutely DELICIOUS. I was really pleasantly surprised at how good this ice cream is. I mean… it’s cream and sugar, so how bad can it be, right? But still, I had kind of assumed it might be a little runny or a little icy or a little…. something or other.<\/p>\n

But it actually turned out\u00a0just right<\/em>. Like, perfect-o.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

So how does this magic work? Well, let me tell you all about it!<\/p>\n

First, you need some\u00a0basic ingredients:<\/p>\n

\u2713 Half & half<\/p>\n

\u2713 Sugar<\/p>\n

\u2713 Vanilla extract<\/p>\n

\u2713 Ice<\/p>\n

\u2713 Rock salt (not much)<\/p>\n

\u2713 Gallon sized zip top bags<\/p>\n

\u2713 Toppings<\/p>\n

\u2713 Little helping hands to shake the bag!<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

You’ll mix together the cream (half & half), sugar, and vanilla and pour it all into a bag– zip that up tight! Then you’ll put\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>bag into\u00a0another<\/em> bag filled with the ice and rock salt (and I’d suggest double bagging here).<\/p>\n

And then….\u00a0shake, shake, shake, shake!<\/em><\/p>\n

For 10 whole minutes. You can even play a game of hot potato and toss the bag to each other, which is what we ended up doing, to keep your hands from freezing!<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

Voila! Open the bag, scrape down the sides, and\u00a0like magic<\/em>… perfect homemade ice cream in less than 10 minutes without an ice cream machine! (unless you count child labor as\u00a0a\u00a0machine<\/em>… which I don’t ????).<\/p>\n

Add toppings and dig in!<\/p>\n

\"No<\/p>\n

Hopefully it’s still warm enough and summer enough wherever you are that you can enjoy a little more homemade ice cream.<\/p>\n

I’ve got one more summer-y ice cream recipe coming your way this week, and then\u00a0hello!<\/em>\u00a0 all-things-pumpkin and velvety rich cakes and Thanksgiving pies!<\/p>\n