Small-Batch Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Description
These sugar cookie ice cream sandwiches are a fast summer treat. You can use any sugar cookie recipe, but the sugar cookie recipe here will make enough for 6 ice cream sandwiches.
Ingredients
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2/3 cup white sugar
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1/2 cup butter, melted
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2 large egg yolks
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 pint vanilla ice cream
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2 tablespoons colored candy sprinkles (jimmies)
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2
Stir together sugar, melted butter, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a bowl. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and candy sprinkles. Stir to combine.
3
Scoop dough with a medium-sized spring-hinged scoop and space evenly on the prepared baking sheet.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies spread, start to crackle, and appear dry on top, 10 to 12 minutes.
5
Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
6
To make ice cream sandwiches, place about 1/4 cup ice cream on the bottom of one cookie, press the top cookie in place.