Fresh Fruit Ice Cream in a Baggie

7 Reviews

Prep: 5 min
Ready In: 15 min

“Homemade ice cream without the ice cream freezer. Great for dorm rooms! Delicious way to use your fresh seasonal fruit.” - by Melissa

Ingredients

1 cup half-and-half cream
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries
4 cups ice cubes
1/4 cup kosher salt

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Original recipe yields 1 Serving

Directions

Combine the half and half, sugar, vanilla, and strawberries in a quart size resealable plastic bag. Press the air out of the bag, seal, and shake bag to combine contents. Place the bag into a gallon sized zip top bag. Add the ice to the gallon bag, press the air out, and seal bag.
Wrap bags in a hand towel. Shake continuously, until the contents of the small bag thickens into soft-serve ice cream, 5 to 10 minutes.
Rinse the small bag quickly under cold water to wash off salt. Lay the ice cream filled baggie on a flat surface. Use a wooden spoon handle to push the ice cream down to the bottom corner of the baggie. Snip off the corner, and squeeze ice cream into a bowl.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (1 total)

Calories
436 cal
22%

Fat
27.9 g
43%

Carbs
38.9 g
13%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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tessa

Sep. 13, 2010

"Step one should mention that you put the salt in with the ice... it took me a few minutes to figure it out (I'm trying to learn to cook, so not obvious to me) also had to google kosher salt versus io..." See moredized... iodized worked just fine. This was super yummy.... my husband thought I was a little goofy when he saw me shaking plastic bags around, but loved it once I was done :)"

JDP4445

May. 7, 2009

"My kids used a recipe very similar to this in Pre-School. It was a great project for them, everyone had tons of fun. Surprisingly it works! Their arms got a little tired from all the shaking, but m..." See moreoms were on hand to help. You have to eat it fast, it melts quickly. Maybe if you put it in the freezer after, but then who wants to wait!"

Nicole S.

Jun. 10, 2011

"I promised my 4 year old a vanilla ice cream cone, but the local ice cream stand was closed! So in less than 15 minutes I whipped this up and I had one thrilled 4 year old. I only had whole milk on ..." See morehand so I used that, was low on vanilla extract, so I added a tablespoon of instant vanilla pudding mix, and I left out the strawberries. I'm sure the texture was changed a bit by using whole milk instead of half and half, but it was still delicious!"

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