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How to Make Snow Cream, Illustrated with Garden Gnomes

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1Y2B3703Though I now live in the southern United States, I spent most of my childhood in New England.  I grew up building epically detailed snow forts, sledding down ravines with store-bought sleds, and eating snow cream and frozen maple syrup candy.

Now that I live in the South snow is a rare vestige of my childhood and I get incredibly nostalgic when I see the powdery, white flakes.  It only happens every other year, but this morning I was pleased to see a blanket of snow across my lawn.

So for my southern friends, here is a recipe for Snow Cream and Maple Syrup Snow Candy.  Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Start with 4 cups of fresh, and this is incredibly important, CLEAN snow, cream or milk, sugar and, if you want to be really fancy, vanilla extract.

Snow Cream Ingredients: Snow, Cream, Sugar and Vanilla Extract

Snow Cream Ingredients: Snow, Cream, Sugar and Vanilla Extract

Add 1/2 cup of cream or milk to the snow.

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Add Milk to the Snow

Add 3 table spoons of sugar to the snow

Add Sugar to the Snow

Add Sugar to the Snow

Add 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract

Add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Add vanilla extract

Mix the ingredients together until the snow cream is a slushy mixture and enjoy with friends immediately.1Y2B3707

 

Maple Syrup Snow Candy

This one is beyond easy and all you need to make it is fresh snow and maple syrup.1Y2B3720

Pour the syrup on the clean snowpour

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The only time it is okay to eat yellow snow!

Let the syrup freeze in the snow and enjoy!

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The gnomes posing with they Snowgnome.

Lastly enjoy with snow with your friends!!!!

Author: Sarah Bélanger

I am a freelance photographer and writer, working for various magazines, cookbooks and blogs. I love what I do, but I have a lot of restrictions depending on which brand and publication I'm working for. This blog gives me the opportunity to have fun. I'm also a pretty terrible cook, so this blog is forcing me to learn some kitchen skills, which is both thrilling and infuriating. I hope you enjoy reading the blog, half as much as I enjoy making it.

8 thoughts on “How to Make Snow Cream, Illustrated with Garden Gnomes

  1. too too cute! Just love it! You’re so creative 🙂

  2. This is so creative. Really enjoying looking at your photos. 😀

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