Kick the Can Ice Cream

When my kids were young we made kick the can ice cream.  It was so much fun.  We put our ingredients in a coffee can, added a spoon as an agitator then taped it up with duct tape then put that can into another can with ice and salt then taped that can up then proceeded to kick or roll the can back and forth until we had ice cream.  This is something my kids still talk about.  Well, I found an easier way with zip lock bags.  Here’s the You tube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLRDsW_p4LA

I didn’t get many pictures but the ice cream did turn out……..delicious!  A couple things I’d add to the instructions is to be sure to use heavy duty freezer bags especially for the milk mixture. The bags are great because you can see how your ice cream is setting up. Be careful with the salt.  We make our ice cream on our front lawn so I asked everyone to be careful when they opened the bag not to spill the salt water.  Remove as much air from the inner (milk) bag this way the liquid gets the most surface to coldThis only make a small portion but enough to enjoy the magic of turning milk and sugar into ice cream in less than 10 minutes.   Truth be told the parents probably were more intriqued with the process than the kids but everyone enjoyed the ice cream.  This is something I’d do over and over.  Make it a summer tradition the kids will want to repeat and will remember.

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