Try Something New Tuesday v.3 (Image Heavy)

For this TSNT I'm doing my very first recipe post! And since Oklahoma was graced with a record breaking snowfall in 24 hours, what better thing to make than snow ice cream?! I was raised on this and I look forward to it every winter! Now I must tell you, this was a brand new concept to my husband and he was quite the skeptic. But I made a believer out of him! So if he likes it, you'll like it! Not that he's picky, but we have different tastes. Me=all things sweet. Him=all things earthy.

This is a very loose recipe, make it according to your tastes. But enjoy it!

Step 1: Get a large container of some sort and a big scoop! And a helper if you'd like. I've got my boy, Jax.

Step 2: Find a patch of snow that has NOTHING affecting it. This is very important to the quality of the end product : )

Step 3: Now you and your helper are good to go! Get as much or as little snow in your container as you'd like but keep in mind that when you mix it all together, it shrinks quite considerably. (and don't worry, my helper wasn't as close to the goods as he looks. he was really there just for moral support.)

Step 4: Get all the ingredients together. (Snow, sugar, vanilla extract, milk--I used more than what was left in this jug-- and a big spoon to mix it all together). It's that simple!

Step 5: Mix all the ingredients together! (you can see it starting to shrink) I was going to try and give you some measurements, but I kept adding more and more and lost track... oops! But it's really whatever tastes good to you. I put quite a bit of vanilla (probably at least 2 teaspoons), probably at least a cup of sugar (like I said, I'm all things sweet), and quite a lot of milk!

Step 6: Mix until it starts to get kind of "soupy" for lack of a better word. If it looks like this, you're doing something right. (which this is basically fool proof. If you add too much of something, just add more snow!)

Step 7: ENJOY! you could either do this step right away, like I normally do, or you could save it for later. Would you believe this stuff freezes pretty well?! (I hope you can read my sarcasm)

One thing I must note, it is recommended you only try this after the first snowfall of the year, or if it snows an exorbitant amount. Luckily, today's snowfall fell under both categories.

This is something I can't wait to share with my kids one day, and luckily I get to share it with my husband until then!

Well hopefully you get to try this out! I'd like to hear if anyone uses different ingredients! Thanks for reading!