These tasty summertime treats utilize the standard ice cream sandwich to a total unusual level with — what else? — cookie dough! The delicate chocolate cookies produce the last observe foundation for blocks of frozen cookie dough goodness: firm on the beginning air, chewy on the internal, with a hint of saltiness that intensifies the richness of the chocolate.
From: The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook © 2012 by Lindsay Landis Capture the e book
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For Filling
- 1 qt. cookie dough ice cream
For Cookies
- 1/2 c. vegetable shortening
- 1 1/4 c. gentle brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 c. shadowy or Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. instantaneous espresso powder
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 c. all-scheme flour
Directions
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- Step 1Line a 9-by-9-flow baking pan with foil or parchment paper.
- Step 2Preheat oven to 350 levels F.
- Step 3If the use of homemade ice cream straight after churning, plug in cookie dough bits and then unfold ice cream into the willing pan. If the use of retailer-equipped ice cream, soften it a bit of and then unfold it into willing pan. Freeze in a single day or unless firm.
- Step 4In a huge mixing bowl, beat collectively shortening and sugar with an electric mixer for 2 to three minutes. Add baking powder, salt, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and vanilla and blend unless incorporated. Mix in 1 cup of the flour, adopted by 2 tablespoons of water, and then add the last 1 cup flour and one other 2 tablespoons of water, mixing effectively unless no dry ingredients remain. Dough wants to be delicate and pliable however no longer sticky; if important, add more water unless dough comes collectively.
- Step 5On a calmly floured surface, flip out half of the dough and roll it to an even 1/4-flow thickness. Utilizing a ruler and a rotary cutter or paring knife, lower dough into 3-flow squares. Alternatively, use a equally sized cookie cutter to produce fluted or round cookies.
- Step 6Switch cookies to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Utilizing a chopstick or skewer, ride an even sample of holes on each and each cookie’s surface. (Demonstrate: This step is purely ornamental and can silent even be skipped if you happen to win your cookies sans holes.) Roll out, lower, and ride last dough, rerolling scraps as you’re employed. You ought to thrill in merely ample for 18 cookies. Inform sheets of cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes earlier than baking.
- Step 7Bake 7 to 8 minutes, or unless tops are matte and cookies are honest dwelling. Save no longer overbake.
- Step 8Opt from oven and let cookies cool 2 to three minutes on baking sheet. Switch to cooling racks to chill to room temperature. Refrigerate or freeze cookies unless willing to use.
- Step 9To assemble sandwiches, use the aspects of the parchment to fastidiously settle on the block of firm ice cream from baking pan and location it on a reducing board. Utilizing a huge knife, lower ice cream into 9 equal squares. (In the event you ancient a formed cutter on your cookies, use the identical cutter for the ice cream.) Inform 1 piece of ice cream between 2 chilled cookies and press cookies calmly to adhere. Freeze sandwiches unless willing to wait on.