After Holdrege got their big snow earlier this winter and everyone had pinterested and posted their snow ice cream, we decided it sounded kind of yummy and we had better try it this time instead of our usual SNOWcones. Well as luck would have it we didn't get but a skiff of snow that storm, or the next or the next. So FINALLY we had our turn last week and got a good two feet of snow, and it has snowed every day since with another good one expected this week. YAY!!!!!
There are many many recipes out there for snow ice cream, I found. I didn't like the idea of using a raw egg in mine, so I opted for this recipe from Paula Deen....
Ingredients:
8 cups of clean (optional) snow
1 can of sweet condensed milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
toppings of choice (not needed, good the way it is)
Directions:
Collect your snow and place in large mixing bowl. Poor milk and vanilla over it and stir. I kind of thought the can of milk would cause the snow to get a little slushy......no, the opposite, it caused it to freeze and harden a bit and actually took quite a bit of stirring and chopping to get mixed thoroughly.
Dish, top, if so desired, and eat!
I had heard this was some good stuff, they were right! At first it had the taste and consistency similar to a malted milk shake, then as I stirred more it tasted more and more like soft vanilla ice cream. The boys and I were huge fans.... Wayne, not as much. No matter, more for us! It was sweet enough that none of us needed seconds though.
I think we found another tradition!!!
