We’re crossing our fingers, hoping for a white Christmas this year. Looks like we may end up with rain instead. (We may just have to head for the mountains!) For those of you with plenty of the white stuff in your local forecast, you might want to try this fun recipe for ice cream. The main ingredient: Fresh, fluffy snow! (Taken from this post appearing last year.)
On my first giveaway post, I asked readers to comment with their favorite snowy day activities. Amber posted these instructions for Snow Ice Cream:
“one of my favorite winter activities is making snow ice cream! we did this after the first BIG snow every year when i was a kid – it had to be a BIG snow because you don’t want to get pieces of grass or leaves in your ice cream. ( :
SNOW ICE CREAM
*fresh WHITE snow (heehee)
*a bit of vanilla extract
*a gob of half & half (milk will do)
*a smidgen of granulated sugar
*sprinkles (optional)
instructions: mix the snow with the vanilla, half & half and sugar. put it in a bowl, top with colored sprinkles (it’s just so cute!) and eat it QUICK! ( :”
She definitely piqued my interest, and I just had to try it out with my own boys after our recent snow storm.
I started out by scooping some of the top layer of snow, and then leaving the bowls out to collect more of the snow as it fell. You can see it was a substantial storm. My bowls runneth over! I brought them in and scooped off the tops into another bowl. Once you start adding ingredients, you lose a lot of height, so you might need more snow to add back in!
I had ingredients waiting at the ready so that we could get right to work. Following Amber’s instructions, we scooped, stirred, and tasted.
My boys were amazed as the snow seemed to magically turn into ice cream!
They said it tasted just like vanilla ice cream! They probably would have said more, but their mouths were full.
This was such a fun activity! It provided all of the developmental opportunities I mentioned earlier in this post about cooking with children, plus it’s a unique science experience as well as an activity your kiddos are sure to remember.
Incidentally, Amber is an AMAZING photographer! So if you’re lucky enough to be anywhere near the Treasure Valley sometime (that’s around the Oregon/Idaho border, folks), take advantage of this little treasure! And even if you’re not so lucky to be there in person, check out her inspiring website anyway! www.amberfischer.com
For more wintry activities, click here!
Thank you for posting this recipe. My mother used to make snow cream. I had forgotten all about it.
Thanks for sharing the recipe. We’ll have to try it when the snow comes. This was one of my favorite posts this week and I’ve linked up to it here: http://play2grow.blogspot.com/2010/12/weekly-favorites-december-19-2010.html