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Ice Cream in a Bag

This activity details the instructions for making ice cream in a resealable plastic bag.

Materials
  • Gallon-size resealable plastic bag
  • Pint-size resealable plastic bag
  • Kitchen towel
  • 1/2 cup milk or half & half 
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Ice cubes
  • 6 tablespoons rock salt
Procedures
  1. Fill the large bag half full of ice. Add the rock salt.
  2. Add the milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag.
  3. Seal the small bag. (You can use two small bgs to prevent leaking.)
  4. Place the small into the large bag.
  5. Seal the large bag.
  6. Place the kitchen towel around the large bag.
  7. Shake for 5 minutes or until the mixture turns into ice ceam.
  8. Enjoy!
Author
Lynn Wallin
Organization
National Center for Agricultural Literacy
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