Classic Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder, plus
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 beat butter, sugars and vanilla until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• 2 beat in the egg whites one at a time.
• 3 in a small bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.
• 4 add dry ingredients to dough and mix on low until combined.
• 5 scrape dough onto a piece of plastic wrap, seal and refrigerate several hours or until firm.
• 6 roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick between 2 pieces of parchment paper. dough will be approximately the size of a jelly roll pan. transfer to a jelly roll pan. remove top piece of parchment. if parchment sticks to dough, simply bake with both pieces on. the parchment will come off easily once baked.
• 7 bake about 20 minutes until slightly puffed and firm. remove from oven and cut into rectangles 2 1/2" by 4 1/2 ".
• 8 let cool on the pan.
• 9 once cool, layer your favorite icecream between two cookies.
• 10 you can get really creative and roll the edges in nuts, candies, mini chocolate chips etc.
• 11 wrap and freeze.