Today is Labor day which to me signifies the end of summer which makes me really sad. So today I wanted to make an end of summer treat.
I decided to make homemade ice cream sandwiches using chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream. The cookie recipe I found was actually from another blog. I love finding recipes on other baking blogs because because I feel like they give real, honest reviews of the recipes they try. The cookie recipe was called "Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies" - how good does that sound?!
The recipe my Mom and I usually use for chocolate chip cookies is a one that comes from the back of the Toll House chocolate chip bag and they are awesome, but today I wanted to try something different. The recipes are similar, but one difference I noticed was that this recipe used a lot less butter than the Toll House one.
To start, I mixed the butter (only a half a stick), white sugar, light brown sugar, salt, vanilla and an egg until they were combined. Next, I whisked together flour and baking soda and added it to the wet ingredients. Finally, I added the semi-sweet chocolate chips, and they were ready to scoop out onto a baking sheet.
The cookies baked for about 14 minutes and they looked great. They came out really thick and they were chewy in the middle and a little bit crisp on the edges. I noticed that the cookie recipe with more butter tends to come out a little flat; maybe less butter is the key to making thicker cookies that keep their shape.
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| Finished Cookies |
When the cookies were cooled, I scooped some vanilla ice cream in between two cookies and put them in the freezer for the ice cream to harden.
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| Ice Cream Sandwiches :) |
Can't wait for my family to sample these - I'm pretty sure they'll enjoy them!
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| Dad enjoying the ice cream sandwich! |
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