Snow Cream Dream

I didn't grow up in the desert or the Deep South or any other part of the country where snow was a foreign concept. 

I spent winters sledding, building snowmen and shoveling snow. 

So, how is it that I made it through more than three decades without ever eating snow cream? Scratch that. How is it that I never even heard of it?

Kent too. And he grew up in Illinois where they got heaps of snow regularly. 

A few weeks ago a friend in Raleigh posted a Facebook update about making snow cream after a big snowfall. What's this? And how does a daughter of Georgia know about such frozen treats?

I did some Google searches and turned up a ton of different recipes but the main ingredients seem to hold: a pile of snow, a dash of vanilla, sugar and milk.

My friend used turbinado sugar and bourbon vanilla extract this past time. Plus maple syrup.

Before I share the nitty gritty, let me just say OH MY SWEET HEAVEN. It's a dream.

We started the process Friday. I read somewhere that it's best to let the snow fall for two to three hours - to clear out the pollutants - before putting out your pots. So we did. 

We got clobbered with snow throughout the night and when I walked out this morning, the pots were buried beneath at least 15 inches of snow. Probably more. 

 

I dug out two of them and left the others for a second round of the snow dessert. 

 

Ok. So, once inside, I started mixing the evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla.

But we had so much snow that I needed to add more. So I used regular milk from the fridge. I sampled the snow cream and KNOCK ME OVER WITH LOVE it was delicious. I'm a huge fan of simple vanilla ice cream. This was better.

 

I decided it could stand for even more sweetness though so I opened a can of sweetened condensed milk and stirred it in too. 

And look! Snow cream!

For breakfast!

Kent pronounced it "fantastic" and says he's looking forward to more. Desmond thinks it tastes like hot chocolate. Translation: it's really, really good. The biggest fan? Check out this little guy here. He couldn't get enough. 

Comments

[Renee]

Yum! I want some. No evaporated milk, no sweetened condensed milk, only 1 and 2% milk. Won't due.

[Renee]

I mean, won't do. Jeesh!

[Lea R]

Glad it turned out well! YUMMMMMM! I credit my mom, who spent a several years growing up in Pennsylvania.

L