Summer may be over, but with the warm weather we have had hear these past few weeks ice-cream sandwiches still were a welcome snack. We celebrated my granddaughter's birthday with an ice-cream cookie sandwich cake a few weeks ago...and it was a hit.
Chocolate Chocolate Cookies
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips (use white chocolate, dark chocolate or milk chocolate)
- Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop by tablespoon (or medium sized cookie scoop) on parchment lined pans. Flatten slightly.
- Bake at 350º for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cool completely.
*I doubled the recipe to make 18 sandwiches.
How to make Ice-Cream Sandwiches:
- Spread vanilla ice-cream in a parchment lined baking sheet, smoothing with back of spoon or spatula.
- Freeze for at least 1 1/2 hours.
- Use a biscuit cutter the approximate size of the cookies to cut rings of ice-cream.
- Sandwich the ice-cream ring between two cookies.
- Place in freezer until serving.
- These can be prepared in advance and stored in ziplock bags for several weeks.
A great alternative to a birthday cake in the summertime!
