I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream Sandwiches

Judith's comment about baking in hot weather got me thinking about ice cream sandwiches...well, ice cream cookie sandwiches to be exact.

I baked up some gigantic Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and made sandwiches with them and vanilla ice cream. (Yes, those are my chubby Flintstone fingers holding up the sandwich.)

I used a #20 scoop, which holds 1/4 cup (!!), to make these obscenely big cookies. Longtime readers will remember from "The Scoop on Cookie Scoops" that I prefer plastic-handled scoops over old-school aluminum scoops, but the shiny guy, with his massive bowl, won this time.

You can make ice cream cookie sandwiches with regular-sized cookies, but where's the fun there? Scoop up an even number of (equally sized) big dough balls, place them on your Silpat- or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, flatten them a little, and then bake them for 15-18 minutes or until the edges are brown and the centers are firm to the touch. Be careful not to over bake the cookies because a hard, dry cookie will be really, really difficult to eat after it's been frozen. (Just a heads-up. I don't want to be liable for dental work!)

Before you start building your sandwiches, make sure you let the cookies cool off completely, and make sure your ice cream is firm but pliable. Spread a layer of ice cream about 1/4" thick on the bottom side of one cookie. Top the layer of ice cream with the bottom side of another cookie and press down slowly and gently so that the cookies and ice cream stick together. Wrap the sandwich in wax paper of plastic wrap and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours. A night in the freezer will make these sandwiches perfect, but let's be honest: Who can wait that long?

Comments

[Mumma]

I KNOW I'm supposed to be watching my weight, but this is making me salivate! I'm ice cream cookie craving, big time. Could you pack a couple of these in dry ice and overnight them to me??? Prepare to prepare these when you come home again. I can see us now....sitting on the deck watching the sunset over the pond, chomping our way through one of these magnificent mouthfuls. Ahhh, life doesn't get any sweeter!!!

[Lorraine]

My thoughts exactly Mumma!!

[Oatmeal Cookie Guy]

I think I see ice cream cookie sandwich-making in my future. :-)

[Nan]

Oh yeah...I'll be making these this weekend - the temp is supposed to hit 80 - which is like 110 for us so we'll need these to help us cool down...and somehow, when oatmeal is involved I feel so much better about eating crap!

[Oatmeal Cookie Guy]

Hi, Nan. How true! But when you think about it, my cookies are decidedly on the healthy side. The oatmeal content is nearly 4x the content of regular flour. That's a lot of fiber...and fun! With all that heart-healthy oatmeal, you can totally afford to slather on some ice cream.