Ice cream is surely one of the most beloved treats in the world. While many enjoy buying from the local shop, everyone's been in the spot of craving some, not having any, but also being unwilling to leave the house to pick up a pint. In these cases, homemade ice cream can come to the rescue.
For the most committed ice cream lovers, this might mean whipping out your ice cream maker and getting to work. However, even if you don't own or any time soon, you can still probably satisfy your cravings from the comfort of your home. In fact, all it takes is two Ziploc bags, four everyday ingredients, some ice, and a little bit of physical labor to make ice cream from home in mere minutes without needing a dedicated appliance.
Using Ziploc bags to make homemade ice cream All you need ingredients-wise are a cup of milk, a tablespoon of sugar, 1⁄4 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a cup of heavy whipping cream. Of these four, it's most likely that you might not have at your disposal, in which case you can replace both the milk and the heavy whipping cream with half-and-half for similar results. As for creating the ice cream, it's simply a matter of adding all your ingredients together, zipping it up in your first — ideally smaller — bag, and not opening it back up until it's ready to eat.
After that, it's time to prepare your second bag, by filling it with ice and some salt while leaving enough room to add the cream bag into. Then, it's time for that little bit of physical labor to .
