Kids a Cookin' - Ice Cream in a Bag

What fun! Kids can see what's happening as they shake up simple ingredients and turn them into homemade ice cream. This action-packed recipe comes from Kansas State University Research and Extension's Family Nutrition Program. It yields a single one-bag serving of cool pleasure.

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons soft fruit
1/2 cup whole milk

Additional Ingredients:
1/2 cup rock salt ice cubes

Directions:

1. Wash your hands.

2. Open a pint-size, zip-type bag. Add sugar, vanilla and soft fruit. Seal bag tightly and mix ingredients well by squeezing with fingers.

3. Open bag again and add milk. Squeeze out extra air and zip bag tightly. Mix ingredients well.

4. Open a gallon-size, zip-type bag. Add rock salt and fill halfway with ice cubes.

5. Put sealed pint-size bag inside the gallon bag and seal well.

6. Shake the "bag in a bag" for 5 to 10 minutes or until the liquid has changed to ice cream.

Per serving: 20g carbohydrate; 0g dietary fiber; 4g protein; 4g fat (2.5g saturated); 10mg cholesterol; 55mg sodium; 130 calories.

Helpful hints:
Try a variety of fruit in the ice cream. Ripe bananas, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches or pears will all work well.

Be warned. If the bags aren't tightly sealed before mixing and shaking, you'll have a mess! Turning liquid into ice cream takes lots of shaking and turning, so you may need to involve more than one person. And, holding a bag of ice can make hands really cold. (Using oven mitts during the shaking process or wrapping the big, sealed bag in a towel can be a good idea.)

Safety tips:
Remember to wash fresh fruit before adding it to the ice cream mixture.

Be careful when removing the small bag of ice cream from the larger bag. Also, rinse off the small bag before opening. You don't want to allow any rock salt to get in the ice cream.