But how can you make an ice cream sandwich even better? Make two different flavor cookies for the outside and then supersize it!
I wanted to enjoy this epic summer dessert on Shabbat so I wanted to make this pareve, but I really don't enjoy the flavor of pareve whipped cream that most people usually use to make pareve ice cream and I also don't like that I don't recognize the ingredients in the pareve whipped cream. By using coconut milk you have a great flavor and no weird ingredients.
This dessert has a few steps to it, but none of them are difficult and it doesn't take too long to put together.
The cookie flavors I used are classic chocolate chip and peanut butter, but feel free to change it up and use your favorite cookies!
I decorated the ice cream sandwich with rainbow sprinkles as this was for a friend's birthday and sprinkles always make birthdays more fun, but you can go classic chipwich and use mini chocolate chips or anything else your heart desires
I left the ice cream flavor as plain vanilla, but you can make chocolate by adding some cocoa, mint chocolate chip by adding some mint extract and chocolate chunks. Fold in some tasty treats like cookie dough chunks, chocolate covered pretzels, roasted peanuts, and marshmallows. Basically, go crazy and have some fun with it!
Chocolate Chip Cookie
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips (I like to use a mix of both white and dark)
Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C
Line the bottom of a 9 inch round pan with parchment and grease well with non-stick cooking spray.
Mix together all the ingredients until well combined.
Press the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. The cookie might seem under baked but don't worry it's perfect. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes and then flip out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
The recipe for the chocolate chip cookie is from the Kosher Palette for chocolate chip cookie sticks which by the way is always a great recipe to have on hand as they come together in minutes and everyone likes them! Important note about the recipe: if you are making the chocolate chips sticks, form the dough into two logs on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 18 minutes not 20-25 as the original recipe states and only wait a couple of minutes to slice into sticks this will result in soft and chewy chocolate chip sticks and not crunchy brittle.
Peanut Butter Cookie
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C
Line the bottom of a 9-inch round pan with parchment and grease well with non-stick cooking spray.
Mix together all the ingredients until well combined.
Press the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. The cookie might seem under baked but don't worry it's perfect. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes and then flip out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
Vegan Ice Cream
2 cans coconut cream (not milk and definitely not water you need the higher fat content)
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
Chill the coconut cream in the can in the fridge for at least 8 hours or overnight this will make sure the solids stay thick at the top and the coconut water settles on the bottom. While you're already chilling the cans you should also chill the bowl and beaters that you'll be whipping the cream in.
When you're ready to make the ice cream, carefully open the cans and scoop out the thick solids into the chilled mixing bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and whip until thick and creamy.
Line a 9-inch baking pan with plastic wrap with a lot of overhanging plastic wrap and pour the whipped cream into the lined pan. Take the overhanging pieces of plastic wrap and cover the whipped cream making sure that the cream is pressed well into all the edges of the pan. Pop the pan in the freezer for about 2 hours until the ice cream has set.
To assemble:
Place a giant cookie on a serving platter and top with the disc of ice cream once it's been removed from the plastic wrap. Top with the second cookie and then have fun decorating! Freeze until an hour before you are ready to eat. An hour before you are ready to enjoy put the giant ice cream cookie in the fridge so the cookies and ice cream can soften a bit and will be easier to serve. Make sure to use a very sharp knife to cut through the thick layers of yumminess!
