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"Ice cream in a tin can" is my most requested recipe. Home-made ice
cream is always the most refreshing dessert, and making it outdoors
provides both recreation and a cool, memorable treat. It also creates
lifetime memories of fun.
1 (1-pound) coffee can with plastic lid
1 cup whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flavored syrup (such as chocolate or strawberry)
1 (3-pound) coffee can with plastic lid or a #10-size can, such as a
potato
flake can with plastic lid
1 Small bag ice, cubed (not crushed)
1/2 cup rock salt
In the small can, add milk, cream, sugar and syrup. Do not fill the
can more than half full with liquids or the ice cream will not freeze
as well.  Cover the small can with a plastic lid and place it into the
large can. Fill the bottom half of the space between the two cans with
ice. Add rock salt. Fill the rest of the space with ice and put on the
plastic lid.
Ask two people to roll the can back and forth to each other for 10
minutes. (You might want to set a timer because small children have
little concept of time.) Remove the lids and scrape the ice cream from
the sides of the small can. Stir the mixture. If the ice cream needs
to freeze longer, pour water out of the large can. Set the small can
inside the large can, adding more ice and rock salt as needed. When
the ice cream is ready, there will be about a half inch of frozen
mixture on the sides of the can, the rest still in near-liquid form.
With a kitchen knife scrape down the frozen ice cream and stir it into
the liquid ice cream to create the right consistency. Makes about 2
cups.
• Chopped frozen fruit may be added with the syrup if desired. It also
speeds freezing.
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