Anyone with a sweet tooth and a long summer day ahead will love to keep busy making their own ice cream. What fun for the kids to make!

Roll-The-Can Ice Cream

1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups crushed ice
2 cups coarse salt
1/3 cup sliced, hulled and cleaned strawberries

1. Thoroughly clean a large and a small coffee can with lids.
2. In smaller can, combine cream, half-and-half, sugar and vanilla. Cover with lid and place in the center of larger can. Pack 3 cups ice around smaller can along with 1 cup salt.
3. Roll can back and forth across a hard, level surface for 10 minutes. With a spatula, scrape ice cream to center and stir in strawberries. Repack larger can with remaining ice and salt. Continue rolling until firm, about 5 minutes. Keep frozen.
4. Makes about one quart of ice cream.

Makes 4 servings.

Tip: You can use other types of ripe, soft-fleshed fruit, finely chopped or sliced.