desserts & ice cream & kids 18 Jun 2008 04:24 pm
Inside Out Ice Cream Sandwiches
I make these neapolitan cookies at Christmas, but something got in my head that I’d like to make a reverse ice cream sandwich. So I took the cookies and filled them with ice cream. They freeze suprisingly well. The combo of cookie and ice cream is SO DELCIOUS and they are gorgeous to boot.
ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1-1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
pink gel food coloring
2-4 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 TB mini chocolate chips
Prep a loaf pan but lining it with plastic wrap. This will make for easy removal later. Make sure the plastic wrap is long and hangs over the edges.
In an electric mixer bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg, then the vanilla. In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter mixture.
Divide the dough into three bowls. Add the gel coloring to one – this will be your pink. I HATE liquid red food coloring. I think it’s gross and takes forever to dye things. Gel color is the best way to go and you won’t use but a few drops. You get the EXACT color it says on the bottle. No fuss. (end of my food coloring rant)
In the second bowl, mix in the cocoa powder. This may take more or less than the 2 tablespoons, just play it by ear until you get a nice chocolate brown color. Add in the mini chocolate chips.
Now you should have three colors of dough. I spread the chocolate dough on the bottom of the loaf pan first. Then the vanilla. Then the pink.
Cover and refridgerate until firm, this takes a few hours or be a lazy bastard like me and stick it in the freezer.
Once the dough is firm, preheat your over to 350 degrees. Using the hanging plastic wrap, carefully pull your dough out and take off the wrap. You should have one nice solid piece of dough.
With a sharp knife, cut the dough into 1/4 inch slices. Now, if you were going to JUST make cookies (or make small ice cream sandwiches) you’d cut the dough again crosswise. I was going for a LONG sandwich so I skipped that part.
Place the cookie slices on your baking sheet, beware!! These things spread like crazy. Leave room on each side.
Bake for 10-12 minutes depending on your oven. The dough is a little soft, but don’t let the vanilla turn brown, that’s overcooked and not so pretty. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
Once they are cool, spread vanilla (or chocolate) ice cream on one side, then sandwich it with another cookie. Wrap in plastic wrap individually and freeze until you are ready to serve.
These cookies are great alone, buttery, delicious. The ice cream is just a wonderful added bonus.
on 18 Jun 2008 at 5:47 pm 1.cheryl said …
I LOVE this! Copying one of your bloggers’ comments…”Consider this borrowed”.
It just looks irresistable! Or maybe it’s just cuz it has pink in it. 
on 18 Jun 2008 at 6:23 pm 2.rachel said …
I love this idea!
on 19 Jun 2008 at 1:21 am 3.Jen said …
Oooh that looks fun!
on 19 Jun 2008 at 5:43 pm 4.Kelli said …
those look so yummr. You are my favorite sight to actually try some of the recipes. I love your taste
on 19 Jun 2008 at 8:22 pm 5.jami said …
Approx. how many does it make?
on 19 Jun 2008 at 9:05 pm 6.justJENN said …
If you DON’T cut the cookies in half (and leave them long), about 20. If you do, 40. You can always freeze the dough and cut off what you need, which is great. But at Christmas, yeah, I need a ton of ‘em.
on 20 Jun 2008 at 5:37 pm 7.Liz said …
Hiya
I just got a batch of these out of the oven, they smell delicious! Just the thing for a wintery Saturday in New Zealand
on 23 Jun 2008 at 3:13 pm 8.Kristin said …
These are so cute! My kids would love them (me too)!
on 25 Jun 2008 at 12:37 pm 9.jennifer said …
These are adorable…and I agree about the food coloring! So making those tonight.
on 02 Jul 2008 at 7:05 am 10.Chris said …
Making these for the kids for fourth of July and using Red White and Blue instead of the coco. Everyone on the block will be impressed.
on 26 Jul 2008 at 11:38 am 11.Pieces said …
I’m here from Crafty Crow and I love this idea! I make these same cookies every Christmas too and they are the best straight from the freezer. I just love the idea of making them into an ice cream sandwich. I have never seen anyone else make these cookies before–it is like looking at a photo of my own!
on 22 Oct 2009 at 2:21 pm 12.x3flo said …
yummyy=]]
made these last night
love the butterryy-ness
on 12 Feb 2010 at 1:15 pm 13.Valerie M. said …
Where do you get that Valrhona cocoa? I’ve heard a lot about it, but don’t know where to find it.
on 14 Feb 2010 at 8:38 am 14.justJENN said …
@Valerie
It depends where you live. Out here I get it at a restaurant supply store. You can also buy it off the internet.
on 14 Feb 2010 at 4:20 pm 15.Valerie M. said …
Thanks for your reply. I will look for a local restaurant supply store before trying online. Thank you.