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Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! Making ice cream in a baggie is a fun activity for your little ones. Our baggie ice cream recipe is actually a science project–keep reading to learn more! 

Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! by cookingwithruthie.com

Why we love Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

As summer’s just beginning, I thought it’d be fun to share with you a kitchen food project for kids… Ice Cream! AND, who doesn’t love Ice Cream? 🙂

This recipe is perfect for a summer’s day when the kiddos need a fun little project. An added bonus–they get to eat it when it’s complete. I borrowed my good friend Holly’s darling little girls to help me out in the kitchen.

Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! by cookingwithruthie.com

My darling kitchen helpers

 

The Science behind the Salt

The science behind the salt?  Just like we use salt on icy roads in the winter, salt mixed with ice causes the ice to melt. 

• When salt comes into contact with ice, the freezing point of ice is lowered. 

• Water normally freezes at 32 degrees F.  A 10% salt solution freezes at 20 degrees F and a 20 % solution it freezes at 2 degrees F. 

• By lowering the temperature at which ice is frozen, we’re able to create an environment in which the milk mixture can freeze at a temperature below 32 degrees F.

• Wha-la it turns into ice cream! 🙂 

Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! by cookingwithruthie.com

Ingredients in Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

  • whole milk
  • vanilla extract
  • sugar or agave
  • crushed ice
  • salt (table salt)
  • quart size zip-loc freezer bags
  • gallon size zip-loc freezer bag
  • a hand towel to keep fingers from freezing!

 

Step by Step photos for Baggie Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

  1. Here’s a picture of my kitchen helpers holding their baggies open for the ingredients:
Kitchen helpers holding their baggies open for the ingredients!

Kitchen helpers holding their baggies open for the ingredients!

2) In this picture their baggies are all put together and they’re ready to start-a-shakin’ !!

Ready to start-a-shakin' !

Ready to start-a-shakin’ !

3) AND Voilà!  Their Ice Cream’s all done!

Ice Cream's done and their ready to eat this kitchen project!!

Ice Cream’s done and they’re ready to eat this kitchen project!!

4) Lets dig in. . .

Diggin' in!

How to make Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

  • Mix the milk, vanilla, and sugar together in one of the quart-sized bags. 
  • Seal tightly, allowing as little air to remain in the bag as possible. 
  • Place this bag inside the second quart-sized bag, again leaving as little air as possible. 
  • By double bagging, the risk of salt and ice leaking into the ice cream is minimal. 
  • Put the quart-sized bag inside the gallon-sized bag, add ice, and then sprinkle salt on top of ice. 
  • Let all the air out and seal the bag. 
  • Wrap in a hand towel, shake and massage the bag for 7-8 minutes. 
  • The mixture will turn into ice cream- open and serve!
  • Enjoy your Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe!
 

Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or agave
  • 4 cups crushed ice
  • 4 tablespoons salt (table salt)
  • 2 quart size zip-loc freezer bags
  • 1 gallon size zip-loc freezer bag
  • a hand towel to keep fingers from freezing!

Instructions

  1. Mix the milk, vanilla, and sugar together in one of the quart-sized bags. 
  2. Seal tightly, allowing as little air to remain in the bag as possible. 
  3. Place this bag inside the second quart-sized bag, again leaving as little air as possible. 
  4. By double bagging, the risk of salt and ice leaking into the ice cream is minimal. 
  5. Put the quart-sized bag inside the gallon-sized bag, add ice, and then sprinkle salt on top of ice. 
  6. Let all the air out and seal the bag. 
  7. Wrap in a hand towel, shake and massage the bag for 7-8 minutes. 
  8. The mixture will turn into ice cream- open and serve!
  9. Enjoy your Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe!

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Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! by cookingwithruthie.com

Delicious and fun!!

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Our Summer Homemade Ice Cream Recipe is a fun kitchen craft to make with your family this year! by cookingwithruthie.com

  1. Holly Mount says:

    This one’s on the list–They’re ready to try it again 🙂

    • Ruth says:

      Your girls are just adorable! Now they can show you how to make this recipe!! SO fun 🙂

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