From my Facebook friends and family, I see I’m missing one heckuva blizzard in eastern Nebraska right now. I was taking a look at my copy of the St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Centennial Cookbook (Johnson, NE), looking for holiday cookie recipes. My cousins, two aunts, and great aunts all submitted family recipes, and added funny notes to a few of the recipes, so I just enjoy reading it.
I found my great aunt Alice’s recipe for Snow Ice Cream, and thought I would share it with all of you who have an abundance of snow right now. I remember making this with my mom and dad on a snow day when they both stayed home from school, although we called it “snow pudding”, and just mixed in vanilla pudding with snow. The texture is nothing like regular ice cream, but amazing in its own way.
Snow Ice Cream by Alice Hahn
1 C evaporated milk
1 C sugar
2 beaten eggs (farm fresh)
1/2 t salt
1 t vanilla
Fill a large pan with snow from a clean and undisturbed big snow bank. Add the above mixture to enough snow to make the consistency of the ice cream. Eat immediately.
Recipe Note: In years past, after a big snow and the sleigh rides, building snow forts and snow ball fights were over, came time to make snow ice cream.
ENJOY!