Lan Lam reveals the secrets to the perfect homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches.
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GATHER YOUR INGREDIENTS
10 tablespoons unsalted butter
¾ cup (5 1/4 ounces) packed dark brown sugar
¾ teaspoon table salt
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (5⅔ ounces) all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup (3 ounces) mini semisweet chocolate chips, plus 1 cup for optional garnish
3 pints ice cream
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
These sandwiches should be made at least 8 hours before serving. For the best results, weigh the flour and sugar for the cookies. We prefer the deeper flavor of dark brown sugar here, but light brown sugar will also work. Use your favorite ice cream. If using a premium ice cream such as Ben & Jerry's or Häagen-Dazs, which is likely to be harder than a less-premium brand when frozen, let the ice cream soften slightly in the refrigerator before scooping. If you have it, a #16 scoop works well for portioning the ice cream. We like these sandwiches with chocolate chips pressed into the sides, but the garnish is optional.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring and scraping skillet constantly with rubber spatula, until milk solids are dark golden brown and butter has nutty aroma, 1 to 3 minutes. Immediately transfer to heatproof large bowl. Whisk in sugar and salt until fully incorporated and let mixture cool for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Stir flour and baking soda together in second bowl; set aside.
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Add egg, water, and vanilla to browned butter mixture and whisk until smooth, about 30 seconds. Using rubber spatula, stir in flour mixture until combined. Stir in ½ cup chocolate chips. (Dough will be very soft.)
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Using #60 scoop or 1-tablespoon measure, evenly space 12 mounds of dough on each prepared sheet. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until puffed and golden brown, 9 to 12 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and let cool completely, about 45 minutes. Place 1 sheet, still lined with parchment, in freezer.
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Place 4 cookies upside down on counter. Quickly deposit 2-inch-tall, 2-inch-wide scoop of ice cream in center of each cookie. Place 1 cookie from wire rack right side up on top of each scoop. Gently press and twist each sandwich between your hands until ice cream spreads to edges of cookies (this doesn't have to be perfect; ice cream can be neatened after chilling). Transfer sandwiches to sheet in freezer. Repeat with remaining cookies and remaining ice cream. Place 1 cup chocolate chips, if using, in shallow bowl or pie plate.
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Remove first 4 sandwiches from freezer. Working with 1 sandwich at a time, hold sandwiches over bowl of chocolate chips and gently press chocolate chips into sides of sandwiches with your other hand, neatening ice cream if necessary. Return garnished sandwiches to freezer and repeat with remaining 8 sandwiches in 2 batches. Freeze sandwiches for at least 8 hours before serving. (Sandwiches can be individually wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, transferred to zipper-lock bag, and frozen for up to 2 months.)
Id like to make a double batch and noticed your only baking one sheet at a time. Can I use my convection oven or is there a reason to bake the trays individually?
I think Lan just hit on something for me, Cherry Ice Cream Chocolate Chipwich, oh my yummers!!
Mine aren’t as flat ☹️
Saved! 👍
I love Lan’s voice! More please 🙏
I want one of those so bad!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amazing! I need one!
Yum🤤Yum🤤❤
My middle school sold these at lunch when I was a kid. Nothing says learning like 200 grams of sugar at noon.
Yum! Thanks for this!
It's fun to edit spirituality.
It looks even more delicious because it's a hearty dish.like４５６
Thank you for watching today.🇰🇷
역시 믿고 보는 채널이에욤 ㅎ
내공이 어마어마 하신듯해요^^
소중한 레시피 감사드려요z
So glad this is fake
Soare Chipwiches rare, gone or obtainable? Lan seens to have done OK finding samples.
Yum, thank you.
More Lan please!! She is absolutely phenomenal!!!
I remember my Abuelo, fondly he would buy if we were good (lol) Carvels Flying Saucer. I preferred the Vanilla Ice Cream one with the dark chocolate cookie.
Weren't Chipwiches early, early 80s? LORDT, I LOVED those things! Plus, LAN! Where did you buy these elusive Chipwiches????
Watching the process is fascinating. Really it is. I wish they showed part of the processes. Seeing the not quite right versions too is interesting.
I watched the making the perfect cubano sandwich. How many bread batches to perfect. How to spice and cook the pork roast right on down to assembly. Its interesting.
But i worked in labs for years , i like the process of perfecting something. From idea to fruition.
I love it! How about Mexican street paletas next. Coconut, Strawberry, and Mango pleeeease.
Could a 1:1 gluten free flour substitute work?
Been waiting for this one for a while. Only thing I'm wonder is would you need to refrigerate the dough for 20-30min before putting on the sheet? Sometimes this will make it spread less and puff more
Wow !!! Thanks guys!!
I love when they talk food science 🧪 🍪❤️
whisks flour and baking soda together
“This looks great.”
Every cooking show ever.
What an interesting cookie recipe, so much thought went into it! Well done to the developer of the recipe
Finally Lan! More Lan please.
The ice cream part is totally wrong in my opinion. You want to cut slices of ice cream to form that layer and that is incredibly easy to do with small pint size containers if you use a serrated knife. You get about 5-6 slices per container and the ice cream stays frozen.
Yummy yummy!
So delicious, thank you!
First I guess ??