how do you make homemade ice cream (with the baggies)?

Answer 1

You can get an electronic ice cream maker to do the churning. An ice cream maker costs about $70. That's how much I paid for mine about 8 years ago. If you get the manual one, the churning would be done by you and it will be quite an exercise for you.

To make icecream, you need the ice cream base. There are many ways to make the base. The way I usually make the base is 2 cups of heavy cream, 1 cups of half and half, and 3/4 cups of sugar. The ice cream maker has instructions on what you should put into the ice cream maker. For the ice cream maker that I have, I need to turn on the ice cream maker first and then I put in my ingredients. Once I have the ice cream base ready, I would put it into the ice cream maker. And then I would put in the key ingredients. I usually put in banana. When I see the cream is actually becoming ice cream (getting fluffy and start overthrowing), I would turn of the ice cream maker.

Here are my tips based on my experience,
1) The richness of the ice cream is determined by the cream that you use. Heavy cream is, of course, the richest. Half and Half is second; whipping cream is the third. The richness of these creams is determined by the fat content in them. The least fat content of the cream you use, the more of a sorbet outcome you will get.

2) Heavy cream, half and half, and whipping cream are all just liquid cream. They are not particular thick. That's why it is good to use these to make ice cream base when you want to add fruits that do not have a lot of juice (for example, banana). If you want to use strawberries or other juicy fruits, you may want to substitute these creams by condensed milk; or else, your ice cream will be quite watery.

Answer 2

Fill a bag with milk, sugar, and your prefered flavoring or add-ins to taste. Then put that baggie in a larger bucket that has ice on the bottom of it. Fill the rest of the bucket with ice and pour salt over the ice (make sure the baggie is sealed!). Shake it up a little to get the salt all througout, but don't pop the baggie. Let it sit in a freezer for about half an hour. The salt will cause the ice to freeze even colder than normal, which will freeze the milk and sugar into some yummy homemade ice cream!

Answer 3

I have heard where you take the mixture, put it in a baggy surround it by ice and salt and then put in a coffee can, put duct tape over the lid to secure it and then let the kids roll it around in the yard. I am not sure of the mixture for the ice cream... but I hear this works and the kids enjoy doing it. I think a big industrial plastic mayo jar would work well.

Answer 4

use a gallon size bag and put ice and rock salt in it
use a quart size bag for your ingredients
Have a child shake it until desired consistency.