What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Simple Sensations: Ice Cream Sandwiches! Oh sure, it would be way easier to open a box of treats from your freezer, but once you take the time to bake this cookie crust and fill it with gourmet ice cream, you’ll fill your freezer with this old-fashioned classic instead!
ICE CREAM SANDWICHES
Ingredients:
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
1 teaspoon cloves, ground
1 teaspoon ginger, ground
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar plus 1/2 cup
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
Vanilla Bean Gourmet Ice Cream
Instructions for Cookie Crust:
Preheat the oven to 375Β°. Line baking sheet with a silicone baking mat and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and 2 cups sugar until combined. Add in the molasses and eggs and mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the ingredients of the stand mixer and mix until all is combined. Fill a small bowl with the remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Form teaspoon-size dough into balls then gently roll them in the granulated sugar. Place onto baking sheet, two inches apart. Repeat until all the cookie dough has been used. Bake only 10 minutes for soft and chewy results. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Instructions for Ice Cream Sandwiches:
Spread the softened ice cream evenly over one cookie into a layer one inch thick. Top with a second cookie. Press down gently. Place in a ziplock sandwich bag and freeze until hard, about 5 hours. Repeat with remaining cookies.
oh yum!!
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Perfect for summer! Love all the spices in your cookies, they will go so well with the ice cream.
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…..AND be chewy! π
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Oh wow – I could do with some of those! π
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They are Yumolicious! π
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They look it… If I think about it I can nearly taste them! π
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If only there was an app for that. lol Blessings! π
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It wouldn’t be the same as the real thing! π
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True. π
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Oh, that’s cool (literally… lol). You are making your own ice cream sandwiches… wow!
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There is no substitute, lol. π
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This ice cream sandwich looks so good
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Thank you, Andrea. It passed the “kid” taste-test. lol π
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hahahah they are the best judges
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Very true.π
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Perfect for the hot sun here..love to grab one
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No calories. lol π
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Perfect summertime treat! π
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Ice cream is always a favorite, in my opinion. π
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Oh my gosh, YES YES YES! I’ve been on a huge ice cream kick lately (even though it’s not even hot here YET). The cookies sound fantastic, too. I love anything with ginger in it!
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Wonderful news, Kathryn. π
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Love these. Been loving this round as so many vegetarian dishes Gail. Yay!!!
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Thanks, Sue. My son follows a gluten-free diet so vegan options are always a good idea. πΏπ±π
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Yaaaaaaassss
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You are Spot On! π
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Ice cream sandwiches, what a coincidence I was just looking for a recipe for them π
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Great minds think alike, wouldn’t you agree? lol πβ¨π«
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I agree π
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I’ll copy this recipe for the cookies, even if I never make the sandwiches. The cookies by themselves sound wonderful.
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Very perceptive of you, Janet. I nibbled on the cookies long before I ever transformed them into ice cream sandwiches. π
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Ooh, so yummy and a great idea!
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Ice cream makes the world simply delicious! π
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Looks so good! We’ll take 2!
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Hurry…before they melt! lol π
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Love this! π
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