Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie + Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwich

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 quart strawberry ice cream (use recipe # or store bought)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375. line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 2 sift first 4 ingredients into bowl. using mixer, beat butter in another bowl until fluffy. beat in both sugars, then eggs, 1 at a time.
• 3 beat in vanilla, then flour mixture. fold in chips.
• 4 drop by heaping tablespoonfuls (i use a 1 tbsp scoop so they are all the same) onto prepared sheets, spacing mounds 3 inches apart. you should end up with 24. using moist fingertips, flatten mounds to about 3/4 inch thickness.
• 5 bake both trays at the same time, 5 minutes. reverse the trays. bake cookies until they are puffed and dry looking but still soft to the touch, about 5 more minutes. cool completely. freeze on sheets 15 minutes.
• 6 scoop about 1/3 cup ice cream onto the flat side of cookie and top with second cookie, press together lightly. wrap and freeze. repeat with remaining cookies.