YOU WILL NEED:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups ice cubes
6 tablespoons rock salt
1 small plastic sealable bag
1 larger sealable freezer bag
1 pair of oven mitts
1 dishtowel
1 spoon
1. Pour the cream into the sandwich-sized bag.
2. Add sugar and vanilla extract to the same bag.
3. Seal the bag. (Make sure it's tightly closed, otherwise your ingredients will leak.)
4. Place the closed sandwich bag inside the freezer bag.
5. Pour the ice into the freezer bag.
6. Pour the rock salt into the freezer bag.
7. Seal the freezer bag. Tightly, please!
8. Put on your oven mitts; or wrap the dishtowel loosely around the freezer bag.
9. Shake, rock, roll, and squeeze the bag for a full 5 minutes. (Note: the bag is going to get very cold, between 18-20 degrees F. The mitts or dishtowel will keep your hands from freezing.)
10. Open the freezer bag and remove the sandwich bag. Using the dish towel, quickly wipe away any rock salt and water from the outside of the sandwich bag. (The ice will have almost completely melted, so the outside of your sandwich bag will be wet.) This will keep the salt and water out of your sandwich bag - - and your ice cream! -- when you open it.
11. Open the sandwich bag and . . . enjoy! You may eat the ice cream right out of the bag, or spoon it into a bowl. To remove every last delicious bit of the ice cream, turn the bag inside out and scrape the sides with your spoon.
Makes 1 serving. Serving suggestions: Try drizzling chocolate sauce or other syrups atop your ice cream... sprinkling chocolate chips, jimmies, M & Ms, granola or nuts over it... or mixing it with fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, or peaches.
