Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces), packed dark brown sugar; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (5⅔ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 , large egg; 2 tablespoons, water; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (3 ounces), mini semisweet chocolate chips, plus 1 cup for optional garnish; 3 pints, ice cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2019, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Browned butter, brown sugar, and vanilla give chocolate chip cookies toffee-like depth. But it's a purely pedestrian addition that keeps them tender enough when frozen.

SERVESMakes 12

TIME1½ hours, plus 9 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our well-proportioned sandwiches feature relatively small, thin cookies and precise scoops of ice cream that give each bite the perfect combination of textures and flavors. We added water to the dough to prevent the cookies from turning roc...

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