Cookbook:Ice Cream Sandwich

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Ice Cream Sandwich
Category	Dessert recipes
Servings	12
Time	35 minutes
Difficulty

An ice cream sandwich

An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert consisting of ice cream sandwiched between two cookie layers. They are typically circular or rectangular in shape, although other novelty shapes exist as well.

Ingredients

• 80 g (2.8 oz) (⅔ stick) unsalted butter
• 125 g (4.4 oz) (⅝ cup) caster or superfine sugar
• 1 medium (EU) egg
• 180 g (6.3 oz) (1¼ cups) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 20 g (0.71 oz) (1 heaped tablespoon) cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• A pinch of salt
• 500 ml (1.1 US pt) (2 cups) ice cream

Procedure

1. Mix the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl.
2. Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until soft and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and bring together until a dough forms.
5. Knead the dough for 2 minutes on a floured surface until smooth.
6. Shape the dough into a flat disc.
7. Cover with cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
8. Preheat the oven to 190 °C (374 °F).
9. Cover 2 baking trays with baking sheet.
10. Roll out the dough to 5 mm (0.20 in) thick.
11. Cut out into 24 circles.
12. Put the biscuits on 4 baking trays.
13. Bake for 10-12 minutes until well cooked.
14. Place the biscuits on a wire rack and leave to cool.
15. Scoop 1 scoop of ice cream on one biscuit.
16. Sandwich together with another biscuit.
17. Repeat steps 15-16, using remaining biscuits and ice cream.
18. Enjoy!

Notes

• In step 4, if the dough is too wet, add 1 tablespoon of plain flour and mix together.
• Ice cream sandwiches can be frozen for up to 3 months.

Variations

• This recipe uses chocolate biscuits. For vanilla biscuits, replace cocoa powder with extra 20 g (0.71 oz) (1 heaped tablespoon) plain flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Add vanilla to butter and sugar in step 2.