Princess recently turned 5 years old. I featured her cake on a previous post. My favorite gift that she received was this awesome Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker (The Ice Cream Ball). It was from my Dad, aka Papaw.

We were so excited about using the ball to make ice cream that we ran to the closest store to buy the ingredients. All of Princess’s older cousins were here for her party, so they each took a turn rolling and shaking the ball. It really only took 10+5 minutes and was really yummy.

We filled the outer compartment with ice and 8 tablespoons of coarse sea salt. It calls for rock salt, but we couldn’t find it at the local store and the sea salt worked just fine.

On the inside:

1 pint of half and half (although you can use whole cream if you want a less healthy version!)

1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar (if you use a superfine sugar, it will be less grainy)

1 tablespoon vanilla

a handful of mini m&m’s.

It was delicious and the kids really got into it. The possibilities are endless. I came across this Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book…this could be dangerous!!

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