How to Make Ice Cream With a Rock Tumbler

I’ve been obsessed with making my own ice cream for a while, and after seeing the price of a working ice cream machine I decided to make my own.

Supplies

tools: National Geographic rock tumbler, ziplock brand container, bowl

Materials: 1 tbs sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 cup sea salt, 1/4 tsp ground salt

(optional ingredients for more flavors) 1tbs peanut butter, 2 tbs strawberry syrup, 2tbs Nutella

Step 1: Mix the Ice Cream

Mix the ingredients together in the ziplock container in this order: milk, sugar, vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp ground salt. if you want another flavor than vanilla, mix in the peanut butter, Nutella, or strawberry syrup, and screw the top of the ziplock container on tightly.

Step 2: Prepare the Rock Tumbler

Put the container with the ice cream mix inside the rock tumbler and pour the 1/4 cup sea salt in the rock tumbler. Fill the rest of the rock tumbler with ice and screw the lid on tightly

Step 3: Tumble the Ice Cream

Put the rock tumbler on the highest setting and tumble it for 15-20 minutes, then take the ice cream out of the rock tumbler, it should be thick with no ice chunks, if not tumble for five more minutes.