Recipe: Homemade Ice Cream

Is there anything better on a desert summer day than ice cream? We can’t think of anything! Ice cream is a magically delicious treat and we think it deserves every day of this month’s National Ice Cream Month title. Here are some fun ice cream facts, plus a recipe for nearly instant homemade ice cream:

FUN ICE CREAM FACTS

• Vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream

• The ice cream soda was invented in 1874

• It takes roughly 50 licks to finish an ice cream cone

• California produces the most ice cream in the United States

• You can make homemade ice cream in a bag! Check out the recipe below…

QUICK & EASY HOMEMADE ICE CREAM RECIPE

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GALLON-SIZE ZIPLOCK BAG:
Ice cubes +
1/2 cup kosher salt

PINT-SIZED ZIPLOCK BAG:
1 cup half & half +
2 tbsp granulated sugar +
1/2 tsp vanilla extract or other flavoring +
Any of your favorite ice cream mix-ins

INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine ice cream ingredients in the pint-sized bag, and combine ice cubes + kosher salt in the gallon-sized bag. Then place the small bag and shake for 5-10 until ice cream reaches desired consistency. Add in your mix-ins and enjoy!