We want to share a really fun, homemade treat idea. My kids love to make homemade ice cream in a bag! It only takes about 5-10 minutes, is nice and creamy and even more delicious when it is handmade.
When we make this treat, we usually make just vanilla and then have an “ice cream bar” with a few stir-ins for everyone to make their own flavor and mix-ins. That way everyone can have what they want!
It uses whipping cream and involves shaking by hand…like homemade butter, but with sugar and ice instead. This is what makes homemade foods fun. My kids can learn how to make multiple things from one ingredient. I have shared how I make butter and buttermilk from whipping cream, but ice cream is also another fun treat, especially when I find whipping cream on markdown!
I have often quickly put this together and then my kids pass back and forth and “shake” it up! That action of hand-churning and learning why adding salt to the ice is necessary to create ice cream is a fun experience for all!
Now that we have a chemistry lesson and a hands-on activity underway, let’s get on with the ice cream recipe!
Ingredients for Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (if you have real vanilla bean, scrape the insides of the pod into for an even richer flavor)
- Large Ice Cubes
- About a 1/2 cup ice cream salt
- 1 quart-size Ziploc bag
- 1 gallon-size Ziploc bag
- Any of your favorite ice cream mixins
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
- In the quart size bag, add the whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Seal the bag and be sure that it is sealed tightly, squeezing out the air and double check that there are no leaks.
- Next, fill the gallon-size bag halfway with ice cubes. Add the 1/2 cup of ice cream salt to the ice bag.
- Add the quart-size bag to the gallon-size bag of ice. Close the gallon-size ziploc bag tightly as well. Be sure it is sealed so no ice or water leaks out.
- Pass the bag around the room and let everyone shake the bag for 30-seconds to a minute until the ice cream begins to form and harden. Continue shaking until desired hardness is achieved!
- Take the quart-size bag out and scoop out the ice cream!
- Eat the delicious vanilla flavor or add your favorite mix-ins and toppings and enjoy!
- Of course, it can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer for a couple of months.
This is also a super fun activity for an outdoor party and even a birthday party – letting each child make their own ice cream and decorate/top how they want to!
Print the recipe for easy reference:
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- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (if you have real vanilla bean, scrape the insides of the pod into for an even richer flavor)
- Large Ice Cubes
- About a ½ cup ice cream salt
- 1 quart-size Ziploc bag
- 1 gallon-size Ziploc bag
- Any of your favorite ice cream mixins
- In the quart size bag, add the whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Seal the bag and be sure that it is sealed tightly, squeezing out the air and double check that there are no leaks.
- Next, fill the gallon-size bag halfway with ice cubes. Add the ½ cup of ice cream salt to the ice bag.
- Add the quart-size bag to the gallon-size bag of ice. Close the gallon-size ziploc bag tightly as well. Be sure it is sealed so no ice or water leaks out.
- Pass the bag around the room and let everyone shake the bag for 30-seconds to a minute until the ice cream begins to form and harden. Continue shaking until desired hardness is achieved!
- Take the quart-size bag out and scoop out the ice cream!
- Eat the delicious vanilla flavor or add your favorite mix-ins and toppings and enjoy!
- Of course, it can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer for a couple of months.
- This is also a super fun activity for an outdoor party and even a birthday party - letting each child make their own ice cream and decorate/top how they want to!
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Kasey
????Thanks for this great idea and recipe! Many, many years ago when I was in my teens and 20s I worked for our county Recreation Department running after-school programs and summer camps. One of the fun hands-on activities I would do with the kids was “Making Butter In A Jar.”
Put heavy whipping cream in a mason jar with a pinch of salt (for the flavor of salted butter they are used to) and close the jar tightly.
With the kids sitting in a circle, have them shake the jar vigorously while passing it from person to person chanting, “The magic jar goes round and round. Pass it quickly you are bound. Shake it hard and shake it fast, and butter you will have at last.”
Once all of the cream had changed to butter, we would spread it on crackers, and enjoy the sweet butter, while talking about why the cream had changed to butter.
????With just a few word changes, you could use the chant with the “Homemade Ice Cream In A Bag” making it a really fun, educational, hands-on activity. (Can you tell I was a science teacher?)
“The magic bag goes round and round.
Pass it quickly you are bound.
Squeeze it hard and squeeze it fast,
and ice cream you will have at last.”
I hope someone can use this recipe idea for a fun activity with kids!
Kasey Costello Davis
kaseycdavis@gmail.com
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