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A cup with a rainbow-striped design holds vanilla ice cream made using the ice cream in a bag recipe, topped with colorful round sprinkles and served with a translucent plastic spoon.
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Ice Cream in a Bag

Simple homemade ice cream made in a zip lock bag.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cooking with kids, ice cream in a bag, vanilla ice cream
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 1
Author Christina Kamp

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C. Heavy cream
  • 1/2 C. Whole milk
  • 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
  • 2 T. Raw Sugar
  • Quart Size zip lock bag
  • Gallon Size zip lock bag
  • 6 C. Ice
  • 1/4 C. Rock Salt

Instructions

  • Wash hands and have kids wash theirs.
  • Hold quart size bag open and let kids pour cream, milk, vanilla and sugar into bag.
  • Zip bag tightly for each child.
  • Let child place ice cream back into gallon sized bag.
  • Let child add 1/4 c rock salt in the gallon bag outside of the small bag and then add several handfuls of ice.
  • Zip gallon bag tightly for each child.
  • Let them shake for 5 minutes vigorously until ice cream is firm.
  • Remove quart bags from gallon bags carefully making sure not to spill salty liquid.
  • Place quart bags in freezer until ready to eat.
  • Snip bottom corner from bag with scissors and squeeze ice cream into dish.
  • Eat and enjoy!