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Ice Cream Sandwich

An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert consisting of ice cream sandwiched between two cookie layers. They are typically circular or rectangular in shape, although other novelty shapes exist as well.

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Ingredients

Makes
7
  • 80 g (2.8 oz / ⅔ stick) unsalted butter
  • 125 g (4.4 oz / ⅝ cup) superfine sugar
  • 1 standard egg
  • 180 g (6.3 oz / 1¼ cups) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 20 g (0.71 oz / 1 heaped tablespoon) cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 500 ml (1.1 pint / 2 cups) ice cream

Ingredients for 7 servings (960 g) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Mix the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda, and salt in a bowl.

  2. 2

    Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until soft and fluffy.

  3. 3

    Beat in the egg.

  4. 4

    Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and bring together until a dough forms.

  5. 5

    Knead the dough for 2 minutes on a floured surface until smooth.

  6. 6

    Shape the dough into a flat disc.

  7. 7

    Cover with cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

  8. 8

    Preheat the oven to 190 C.

    Oven
  9. 9

    Cover 2 baking trays with baking paper.

  10. 10

    Roll out the dough to 5 mm thick.

  11. 11

    Cut out into 24 circles, and arrange on the baking trays.

  12. 12

    Bake for 10–12 minutes until well-cooked.

    Oven
  13. 13

    Place the biscuits on a wire rack and leave to cool.

  14. 14

    Scoop 1 scoop of ice cream on a biscuit.

  15. 15

    Sandwich together with another biscuit.

  16. 16

    Repeat steps 15–16, using remaining biscuits and ice cream.

  17. 17

    Enjoy!

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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