Snow Cream

Ingredients:

A bunch of fresh snow. (I overflow the bowl pictured above as it will reduce in volume when mixed)
1 cup milk or cream (I use vanilla almond milk)
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Add the sugar and vanilla a little at a time to the bowl of snow and mix lightly with a big spoon. You should be using a folding motion rather than a whisking or beating motion to mix the ingredients. Add a little milk or cream and repeat until the snow cream tastes the way you'd like it to taste - a little thinner than ice cream, but quite tasty.

Tips:
The important thing is to get clean snow. Ideally, "harvest" your snow off the very top of the pile while it's still coming down, and only take the freshest stuff. The last thing you want to do is eat dirt with your tasty treat.

Be especially careful with the milk as it will liquify the snow most rapidly.

If possible, mix everything outside under the open sky where its chilly enough to keep the snow mostly intact.