The other day, {A-11} asked me if she could make some homemade chocolate ice cream. “Ice cream?” I asked, puzzled. “Yeah, Mama. Ice cream. I’ve made it before and it’s really good!” “Uh huh” I answered. But I was thinking, ‘Without an ice cream maker?‘
So got out all of the stuff, and I started taking photos. You know, just in case this one turned out ok. Maybe I could use it for the blog. Even if it was less for Vittles (as in, edible), and more for a kid science experiment in the Home Schooling section! So, I found my purpose in sticking around for a bit, and kept shooting.
She got out all she said she needed:
Participating Ingredients: milk, cream, sugar, cold coffee, and cocoa baking powder.
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*In a small bowl, 1/3 C of baking cocoa powder.
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*1/2 C cream
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*1/2 C sugar.
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Start mixing.
Ever tried mixing cocoa powder into a wet ingredient? I was starting to wonder if we were on candid camera. You can mix and mix and mix….and the powder just doesn’t seem to get wet. For people like me, it’s a small exercise in patience and faith.
But eventually, it actually does start becoming a unified wet substance.
I think using the back of the spoon, and pressing out any powder pockets you can, is a good idea.
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*Add 5-6 teaspoons of cold coffee.
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*Measure out 3/4 C of milk…
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…and pour it in.
Then mix some more.
Now, to be honest, at this point, I still had my doubts. So I walked away to get back to work at my computer. But she poured the contents of this bowl into a clean and flexible container with a cover, and put it in the freezer, overnight.
The next it we took it out, and it still looked………questionable, to me. Just a tad.
But then we scooped some out, put it in a bowl and stuck a spoon in it.
Well, if I wasn’t a blue-nosed gopher.
Ice Cream.
And it even tasted good!
* The amounts of this recipe only make a small batch of ice cream. Maybe 2 servings. Or 1, if you really like ice cream.
So multiply amounts as you wish.