Every snow day when I was young, my mom, my 3 brothers, my sister and I would make snow ice cream. It is a memory I treasure.
I thought this would be the perfect “activity” for this snowy day…and try to make a positive memory out of this unfortunate weather.
If you’ve never made snow ice cream before…it’s delicious and super-easy. I’ll give you a recipe as guideline, but basically you’ll just mix the ingredients until you come to your desired consistency.
Recipe:
Approx. 8 cups of snow
1-1.5 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
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| 1. Gather (clean) snow. |
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| 2. Add the milk, sugar, and vanilla. Stir. |
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| 3. Enjoy! |
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| Big Brother was pleased! |
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| The view outside my kitchen window. |
Wish we had snow so to make this! The view is beautiful!
My son learned to do this but in 2 zip lock bags (one for snow and the inside one for the milk mixture) in 5th grade. We used rock salt on the snow as well and chocolate syrup in the milk mixture. It taste just like frosties from Wendy's we loved it. Thanks for the reminder as we are scheduled for a blizzard to hit today and tomorrow. LOL No seriously! ;0)
we may so have to do this tonight!
looks like a fun idea! we just recieved a fresh dose of fluffy snow! (about 7 inches!)
I can't wait to try this! I linked this recipe/post on Toddler Approved – http://toddlerapproved.blogspot.com/2011/01/indoor-edible-snowmen.html
Oh my word! How scary! Praise God that you & your family were unharmed!
LOL! So…. that comment was meant to go on your post about the car accident! But I did want to post a comment here also…
I made snow ice cream last year. It was my husband's first experience. He was very doubtful. He wasn't impressed. I think the whole thing kind of grossed him out. :)
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