Sometimes….you just feel like being bad.
Really bad.
‘Nuff said.
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Tweaked from Gourmet and The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz, yields 10 gigantic ice cream sandwiches
Make sure to use old fashioned oats for the cookies. Quick, or instant, oats won’t work for this recipe (trust me). If you want to elevate these babies one notch further, assemble the sandwiches while the cookies are the slightest bit warm. Not so warm that it instantly melts the ice cream, but just warm enough so you notice.
Music Pairing: I Like to Move It, Move It, Madagascar Music Video (I don’t know what I like better – these ice cream sandwiches or this video). Turn up the volume, sit back and watch this one! I dare you not to laugh.
Ingredients
vanilla bean ice cream:
- 1 cup whole milk
- a pinch of salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- 5 egg yolks
- 2 cups heavy cream
- a few drops of vanilla extract
oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies:
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 6 ounces, semi-sweet chocolate chips
Method
for vanilla bean ice cream:
Heat the milk, salt, and sugar in a saucepan. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the seeds into the milk with the tip of a paring knife. Add the bean pod to the milk.
Stir together the egg yolks in a bowl and gradually add some of the warmed milk, stirring constantly as you pour. Pour the warmed yolks back into the saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom with a heat-resistant spatula until the custard thickens enough to coat the spatula. Strain the custard into the heavy cream. Rinse the vanilla bean and put it back into the custard and cream to continue steeping. Chill thoroughly, then remove the vanilla bean and freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturers instructions.
for oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies:
In a food processor, pulse 1/2 cup oats until ground fine. Stir together ground oats, remaining 1/4 cup whole oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and peanut butter, combine well. Add egg and beat well. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Add chocolate chips and mix until just combined. Chill cookie dough, covered, 20 minutes, up to 1 week.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Form rounded tablespoons of dough into balls and arrange about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten balls slightly. Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven 15 minutes, or until just pale golden. Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes and transfer to racks to cool completely.
Assembly & Serving
Drop a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream between two cookies and squeeze gently together. Place between fingers of both hands and commence the badness.
But I always feel like being bad!
I always feel like being bad, too. Here’s the perfect excuse! Love the photo!
i love excuses for being bad. :)
Oh these looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing, I can’t wait to make a batch!
would love to know how they turned out for you!
This looks so great! I bet it must have tasted Yummo.
I’m not exactly sure where your located, but I think you need to move to NNY so you can be my favorite neighbor!
ha! okay, sounds like a plan. i’ll start packing now.
Oh, I wish I could grab a couple of these, even though it’s almost winter here. YUM!
Wow, these sandwiches look so tasty, I can think of so many variations, but I suspect I’d be coming back to this one about every time.
oh yes, it’s quite a hard combo to give up. it’s been there for us time and time again. :)
I want one now! They look perfect!
I LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT.
Look at these, hm… I don’t mind being real bad, haha
yes, real bad is sometimes real good, isn’t it?
I am officially salivating! I’m not sure those amazing-looking cookies would even make it far enough to become ice cream sandwiches.
it was close, definitely close. these cookies used to be our all star favorites before the nytimes, chocolate chip cookies invaded our lives.
Great combination! Would have a bite of this sandwich right now! Yummie…love the pictures!
come on over! we have one left. ;)
It’s a miserable, cold, rainy day – definitely not a day for ice cream – and yet I could still go for one of these, they look that amazing!
sometimes those damp, cold, dreary days are exactly the days when one of these babies will make everything appear sunny and happy. :)
Wonderful photo of your delicious creation. I love that you made the vanilla ice cream from scratch. Thanks for sharing.
Those look delicious! Can’t wait to make them!
These ice cream sandwiches look great and what a gorgeous presentation!
pass one of those cookie sandwiches over here daaaaahling!
I think I’m into being really bad. ;) These look amazing. Even each on their own would be fabulous.
Yum! These are so pretty and delicious looking. Beautiful!
i wish it was only “sometimes” that i felt like being bad. i made ice cream sandwiches the other night… i should have stuck to some steamed halibut (which looks amazing, by the way).
and, thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
yummy …this is really sinful :-)
This looks like something I should whip up for myself – on a Saturday afternoon when nobody’s looking.
Susan
Over at “RaisinToast“
Hello! Thanks for dropping by my blog.
Your recipes look absolutely delectable. I will have to try them….especially that lemon raspberry tart. I love those two flavors together. I’m adding you to my favorites!
awhh, thanks vanessa! lemon and raspberry is a combo that i crave time and time again…it’s one of my favorite tarts! would love to know what you end up trying out.