Mmm Mmm Good: ice cream

WHAT YOU NEED:

chocolate chip cookie recipe (or use mine)

ice cream (i used what we already had - chocolate chip)

cookie sheet or jelly roll pan FOR THE ICE CREAM (must be able to fit in your freezer)

something with sides is GREAT to help achieve a nice edge

cookie sheet for the cookies

wax paper

1.5" round cookie cutter (or round cutter slightly smaller than the size of your baked mini cookies)

lollipop sticks

WHAT YOU DO:

take out ice cream from the freezer so it can start getting soft

line cookie sheet or jelly roll pan with wax paper (this is for the ice cream)

prepare chocolate chip cookie dough according to recipe...

BUT...replace regular chocolate chips with mini chocolate chips.

form teeny tiny dough balls with your hands & bake on a separate cookie sheet for 3-5 minutes shorter than your normal baking time.

when your first batch of cookies are done and cooling completely...

scoop out softened ice cream onto your prepared, wax paper-lined pan.

smooth out the ice cream with a rubber spatula.

the end result should be a flat 3/4" thick layer of ice cream

cover with wax paper and place in freezer.

continue baking the rest of your cookies.

once all cookies have cooled completely...

save yourself some time by pairing up mini cookies for the final process of "sandwiching" with ice cream.

remove prepared ice cream from freezer.

PREPARE TO WORK QUICKLY

cut a circle of ice cream with round cookie cutter...

remove from wax paper.

place on one mini cookie.

insert lollipop stick. (squish down just a bit)

sandwich together with 2nd cookie.

repeat with about 3-4 more cookies and then place those in the freezer. (i put mine into a gallon sized ziploc freezer bag).

continue to work until the ice cream becomes too soft.

replace ice cream in freezer until it's hardened back up.

repeat process until all cookies have been transformed! *wink*

Recipe found here:

Recipe found here: Love Christina

Mmm Mmm Good