Weekend Boredom Buster: Make Ice Cream

It’s getting hot out there, time to make a cool snack.  This ice cream recipe is fun and easy.  Get the kids to help and you can all be eating a tasty homemade treat in just about 5 minutes!

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup half and half
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup salt (Kosher or rock salt works best, but table salt is ok too)
• Ice cubes (you’ll need enough to fill the gallon-size bag about half full)
• 1 pint-size Ziplock bag
• 1 gallon-size Ziplock bag

First, combine the sugar, half and half, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag and seal it tightly.

Next, place the salt and the ice in the gallon-size bag, then place the sealed smaller bag inside as well. Seal the larger bag.

Now shake the bags until the mixture hardens (this takes about 5 minutes). Keep feeling the small bag to determine when it’s done.

Finally, take the smaller bag out of the larger one and add any add-ins you want (think chocolate chips, M&M’s, fruit).

You can use all kinds of flavors and add-ins to make each batch different!

Enjoy!