The Best Ice Cream Sandwiches

Name: The Best Ice Cream Sandwiches
Yield: Makes 8 sandwiches (3-inches each)
Ingredients: 1 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (5 ounces); 1/2 cup, Dutch-processed cocoa powder (1 1/2 ounces); 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/8 teaspoon, baking soda; 2 , large eggs; 2/3 cup, granulated sugar (about 4 3/4 ounces); 1/4 cup, chocolate syrup (2 3/4 ounces); 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted; 2 pints, vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, or coffee ice cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2002

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Make Ahead

Frozen Desserts

SERVESMakes 8 sandwiches (3-inches each)

TIME50 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

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