Homemade Ice Cream and Homemade Soda?!
Homemade Ice Cream and Homemade Soda?
My 8 year old's Day Camp is having it's last day in 1 week. Each child has to bring in something they made at home so we can't run to Safeway and buy a few cookies and turn it in. So i was thinking about ice cream homemade or soda homemade. Does anybody have a simple recipe or something that a whole lot of 8, 9, 10 year olds will like?
Answers:
Divine Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream
INGREDIENTS
3 cups heavy cream
3 cups whole milk
1 cup white sugar
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice
8 egg yolks
2 teaspoons almond extract
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
DIRECTIONS
Stir together cream, milk, sugar, and the juice from the jar of cherries in a large saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat. Place the egg yolks into a large bowl, then whisk in hot cream, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until you have added 2 cups.
Whisk the hot yolks into the saucepan of hot cream, then cook on low, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 170 degrees F (75 degrees C). It will have thickened enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Pour the mixture into a container, cover, and refrigerate until cold, about 6 hours.
Chop the reserved maraschino cherries, then stir into the cold custard along with almond extract, and chopped chocolate. Pour into ice cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
Homemade Root Beer
INGREDIENTS
6 cups white sugar
3 1/3 gallons cold water
1 (2 ounce) bottle root beer extract
4 pounds dry ice
DIRECTIONS
In a large cooler, mix together the sugar and water, stirring to dissolve sugar completely. Stir in the root beer extract. Carefully place the dry ice into the cooler, and cover loosely with the lid. Do not secure the lid, as pressure may build up.
Let the mixture brew for about an hour before serving. Leftover root beer can be stored in one gallon milk jugs.
Homemade Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
INGREDIENTS
2 (18.25 ounce) packages devil's food cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup shortening
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Blend the above ingredients together with a pastry blender until mixed.
Roll in balls about the size of a quarter and place on ungreased baking sheets. Make an even number of balls.
Bake for 10 minutes. Let cookies stand on cookie sheet for 5-6 minutes before removing them to cooling rack. After cookies have cooled, put Cream Cheese Frosting (see recipe or use one can of pre-made frosting) between two cookies, putting bottom sides together.
NOTE: Adding chopped pecans to the cookies without making them into sandwiches is also very good. Spice cake mix can be used in place of Devil's food.