Classic Chocolate-Chip Cookie
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Makes 10 sandwiches
Make the cookie dough in a big bowl and let the kids stir it with a wooden spoon for hands-on fun. We've made these cookies giant, but feel free to bake them in any size you like—just remember you will need to adjust the baking time.
- 6 ounces unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg yolk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups, plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (one 12 ounce-bag) semisweet chocolate chips
- Mini semisweet chocolate chips
- Vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
- Mini peanut butter cups, chopped, for garnish (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a medium-size microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Stir the brown sugar into the melted butter until it's dissolved. Stir in the granulated sugar.
- In large mixing bowl, whisk egg, egg yolk, and vanilla until blended. Stir in the butter mixture until it's combined. Fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in 2 cups of chocolate chips.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat liners. Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, scoop out dough and drop mounds of dough, about 2 inches apart, onto prepared sheets. (Aim for 20 cookies; the measuring cup should be only three-quarters full.) Slightly flatten the dough mounds on the sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes, one sheet at a time, until cookies are golden around the edges, yet still slightly soft in the center. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes on the sheet; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Pour a mound of mini chocolate chips on a plate. Sandwich about 1/3 cup of ice cream between 2 cookies, bottoms facing in, and press gently. Roll the sides of each sandwich in mini chips. (If ice cream is too soft for the chips to stick, freeze briefly until hardened.) Place sandwiches on a platter or baking sheet; freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Store sandwiches in freezer, wrapped individually in plastic.
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