Tin Can Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 egg (optional)
- nuts or fruit as desired
Instructions
Put all ingredients in a one pound coffee can with a tight-fitting plastic lid. Place lid on can. Place filled can inside a #10 can with a tight fitting plastic lid. Pack larger can with crushed ice around smaller can. Pour at least 3/4 cup of rock salt evenly over ice. Place lid on #10 can. Roll back and forth on a table or cement slab for 10 minutes. Open outer can. Remove inner can. Use a rubber spatula to stir up mixture; scrape sides of can. Replace lid. Drain ice water from larger can. Insert smaller can; pack with more ice and salt. Roll back and forth for five more minutes. Makes about 3 cups. NOTE: Put Saran Wrap over opening of #1 can before placing lid on it.