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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies

These oversized cookies are packed with nuts and chocolate chips, perfect for making the best ice cream sandwiches you’ve ever had, feel free to use as much ice cream as you like inside.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 16 cookies, for 8 ice cream sandwiches

Ingredients

1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (70 g) packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (140 g) flour
Slightly rounded 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (120 g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup (50 g) walnuts or pecans, toasted (see page 13) and chopped

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Beat the butter with the granulated and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer, or by hand, until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla.

    Step 2

    In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt, making sure there are no lumps of baking soda. Stir the dry ingredients into the creamed butter mixture, then mix in the chocolate chips and nuts. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, flatten it into a disk, and chill for at least 1 hour.

    Step 3

    Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line several baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

    Step 4

    Form the dough into sixteen 1 1/2-inch (4-cm) rounds. Flatten the rounds of dough into 3-inch (8-cm) disks, spaced evenly apart on the baking sheets. You should get 6 on a normal 11 by 17-inch (28 by 43-cm) baking sheet. Since they don’t spread much, you can leave 1 inch (3 cm) of space between them.

    Step 5

    Bake the cookies for 15 minutes, rotating the baking sheets midway during baking, then remove from the oven.

    Step 6

    Once cool, sandwich ice cream between 2 cookies, then wrap each ice cream sandwich in plastic wrap and store in the freezer.

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