Lorelei and Gran are lucky! They can use the milk from the cows on their dairy farm to make homemade ice cream. But you don’t have to live on a farm to make your own ice cream. You can use milk or cream that you buy at the store. Give it a try! Lorelei’s grandmother helped her to make ice cream.
Ask an adult to help you, too!
Materials You Will Need:
- 1 gallon-size and 1 pint-size plastic bag (sealable)
- 3 cups of crushed ice
- 6 tablespoons of salt (You can use any kind of salt, including table salt, but kosher salt or rock salt works best.)
- large bowl
- small bowl
- stirring spoon
- towel or oven mitts
Ingredients For Ice Cream:
- ½ cup of any kind of milk or cream (Note: the more fat in the milk or cream, the thicker and creamier your ice cream will be!)
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- ¼ teaspoon of vanilla
- optional: additional ingredients to flavor or decorate the ice cream, such as pieces of fruit, chocolate or butterscotch chips, chocolate or maple syrup, sprinkles or candies
Directions:
- Gather your ingredients and materials. Put ice into the large plastic bag until it is half full. Add the salt. Stir until the ice and salt are mixed well.
- Put milk or cream, sugar, and vanilla into a bowl. Mix well. Pour into the small plastic bag. Try to push as much air out of the bag as possible. Seal the bag tightly.
- Put the small bag into the large bag. Make sure it is completely covered in ice. Then seal the large bag tightly.
- Now shake, shake, shake the bag! The bag might get slippery so you may want to hold it with a towel or with your oven mitts on. But whatever you do, keep on shaking!
- Have you kept up the shaking for about five to seven minutes? Open the large bag and take out the smaller bag. Now scoop out the vanilla ice cream into a small bowl.
- If you like, add small amounts of fruit, chocolate or butterscotch chips, or syrup to create flavored ice cream or decorate with sprinkles or candies.
- Now pick up a spoon and dig in! (Oh, and be sure to share with your adult helper.)