If you thought you could slap some ice cream between any old chocolate chip cookie and call it an ice cream sandwich: No. You need a cookie that’s chewy and soft yet structured, one that can emerge unscathed from its arctic adventures. An ice cream sandwich cookie should yield pliantly in its frozen state, without the risk of a chipped tooth, a shattered cookie, or ice cream squidging out the sides with every bite. Show A blitz of rigorous testing revealed the path to creating the chewiest chocolate chip cookie. With the carefully considered inclusions of olive oil, agave syrup, and mini chocolate chips, these cookies clearly understand the assignment. Oil has a lower freezing point than butter, which keeps the cookies tender even straight out of the freezer. A liquid sweetener in the form of agave syrup lends sweetness, yes, but it’s also much more hygroscopic (translation: moisture-attracting) than granulated sugar, absorbing and holding on to moisture from the air and the ice cream, resulting in a soft, bendy cookie. And in a complete 360 from the many, many times we’ve implored you to use only hand-chopped chocolate of the finest quality, these cookies gleefully and unapologetically call for mini chocolate chips for maximum Chipwich effect. Mini chips have the added benefit of being so tiny they are easy to bite into and chew even when frozen. Requiring no special equipment or—possibly worse—an overnight rest, these cookies come together in no time at all. Their sweetness will be tamed in the tundra of your freezer (science lesson: cold mutes flavor), where they can remain, tightly wrapped, for a few weeks, ready for a nightly raid or an entirely appropriate summer breakfast. All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through the retail links below, we earn an affiliate commission. IngredientsMakes 8 ¾ cup (packed; 160 g) dark brown sugar ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil ⅓ cup blue agave nectar 2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt 2 tsp. vanilla bean paste or extract 1 large egg ¾ tsp. baking soda 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour 2 cups (400 g) mini chocolate chips, divided 1½ quarts vanilla ice cream Preparation
What are ice cream sandwich cookies made of?Dry ingredients (cocoa, baking powder, flour, salt) with the wet ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs vanilla). Roll dough out between two pieces of parchment paper until it is ⅛th inch thick. Cut into rectangles, approximately 5 inches long. Freeze rectangles in the freezer to set and harden.
How do you freeze homemade ice cream sandwich cookies?Once your homemade ice cream sandwiches are wrapped in parchment paper, you can place in an airtight container and freeze for up to two months (if they don't get eaten before!). After assembling the cookies, you want to quickly place them back in the freezer in a single layer on a baking sheet to get them frozen again.
What is a cookie ice cream sandwich called?A Chipwich is a dessert made with ice cream and chocolate chip cookies. Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies and roll the sides in chocolate chips. Chipwich is trademarked by Crave Better Foods, LLC .
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