Ice Cream

Brian's parents sent him an ice cream maker for his birthday.

So last week Brian made ice cream with the boys.  I did the grocery shopping and they did the rest.  We decided on strawberry ice cream since that was one of the simplest recipes in the book.

They started off on Wednesday preparing the mixture that would be frozen into the ice cream.

First they used the food processor to chop the strawberries.

Then they blended the milk, sugar, and salt.

And then mixed in the heavy cream, vanilla, and strawberries.  They put the mixture in the refrigerator then for the night.

We had planned to finish up the ice cream Thursday night but had forgotten to put the freezer bowl in the freezer the night before.  So we had to postpone the ice cream making until Friday night.

Carter stirred up the mixture made a couple nights earlier.

Then Brian put it in the frozen freezer bowl in the ice cream maker.

Then they turned on the mixer for 20 minutes.

Rylan was finally interested!

I took the boys upstairs for a quick bath while the ice cream mixed.  This is what it looked like when we returned.

At this point the ice cream was soft and creamy.

Carter never eats ice cream because he always says it's too cold.  Somehow Brian convinced him to try what they made though.  He wasn't too sure at first.

"Yummy!"

Rylan has never been as picky.  He's had a few bites of ice cream before and liked it.

I think we now have another ice cream fan!

Thanks GG and Papa Art for the cool present!