Easy Ice Cream in a Bag
This super simple ice cream in a bag is a great activity for kids to learn about how ice cream is made! They'll have fun shaking it up and discovering the soft serve like consistency that comes together.
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $5
Equipment
- 2 freezer gallon ziploc bags
- 1 hand towel
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk or cream
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 cups ice
- ½ cup rock salt
Instructions
- Pour Ingredients: Add your milk choice, sugar, and extract to a gallon ziplock bag. Press the extra air out of the bag before firmly sealing and squish up the mixture to dissolve the sugar granules a bit.
- Add Ice and Salt: To another ziplock bag (don't add it directly to your ice cream ingredients!), add your salt and ice so it's about halfway full (you need room to add your ice cream bag).
- Place your sealed ice cream ingredient bag into the ice and salt bag and seal the top of the ice bag after pressing out the excess air.
- Shake, Shake, Shake! Shake, lightly squeeze, or massage your bag-within-a-bag for 5-10 minutes until the ice cream has become soft-serve consistency (make sure to use a kitchen towel around the bag or potholders to protect your hands from the cold).
- Enjoy! Once your ice cream has reached the right texture, open the bags carefully so as not to let any melted salty water get into your ice cream bag, and scoop out your ice cream into bowls or cones. Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
- TIP: For a harder consistency ice cream, add the bag to your freezer for a few hours as just shaking the bag won't go past the consistency of soft serve ice cream.
- You can store it in the bag directly in the freezer, or you can transfer it to a freezer safe sealable container. Let the ice cream sit out for a few minutes to soften before scooping if too solid.
