This is a great thing for children to do. Younger ones might get bored shaking, but I think it would be good for a 7 to maybe 10 years old.
Ingredients
2 TB sugar
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
6 TB Rock salt (very inexpensive)
1 pint-size plastic zip lock bag
1 gallon-size zip lock bag
Crushed Ice
Directions
Combine the sugar, half-and-half and vanilla in pint-size zip lock bag and seal. Fill the gallon-size zip lock bag one-half full with crushed ice. Add the rock salt. Place the sealed, pint-size zip lock bag into the gallon size zip lock bag and seal.
Now here comes the hardest part:
Shake the gallon-size bag for 5-7 minutes or until the ice cream hardens. Open the small zip lock bag and enjoy.
Now this doesn't make a very large amount. Just enough to satisfy the maker of the concoction for all the hard work it took to shake. But the ice cream is good and smooth.
Source: Danita Thomas author of Kid Concoctions and Contraptions series.
I've done this- and yes, it works wonderfully. WE used snow instead of crushed ice, because snow is something we get lots of in my part of Canada. I work at an elementary school and used this recipe with two special needs boys who love to cook. IT was a huge success
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