One Simple Thing - Make Ice Cream! No Ice Cream Maker Needed!

You can make amazingly creative ice cream with your little one by doing the following (the original recipe can be found here):

Whip 2 cups of chilled, heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.

In a separate bowl, mix one can of sweetened condensed milk with any mix-ins you like. We stirred in 1/4 cup Nutella and 1 tsp espresso powder for an amazingly rich Nutella ice cream. Later, we used chocolate chips and vanilla extract to make Stracciatella ice cream (shown below).

Fold the condensed milk/mix-ins mixture into the whipped cream. Transfer this mixture to a plastic container and cover with a tight-fitting lid or aluminum foil. Freeze for 6 hours.

Voila! Perfectly creamy ice cream! No ice cream maker needed!

This was such a fun and creative project for the kids! They had so much fun making pineapple ice cream (adding 1 can of crushed pineapple) and chocolate (adding a chopped up chocolate bar and chocolate syrup). The possibilities are endless! Have fun!

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