Captain America Ice Cream Sandwiches
Things you'll need
Ingredients- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 egg
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Food coloring: red, blue
- Vanilla ice cream
- Egg wash: egg white and water
- Circle cookie cutter
- Star cookie cutter
- Baking pan
- Wax paper
Let's get started!
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- Line the baking pan with a piece of wax paper.
- Spread the vanilla evenly on the pan. Place it in the freezer
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In another medium bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix again.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until well combined.
- Divide the cookie dough into 3 bowls. Tint a small amount of the blue, a medium amount in white or plain dough and a large amount in red.
- Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge.
- Optional: roll out a small piece of white dough, cut out stars using the star cookie cutter.
- Place the stars on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 3 minutes. Let it cool completely then set aside.
- Roll out the blue dough into a log shape and brush with the egg wash.
- Roll out a small amount of the red cookie dough into a square shape, place the blue dough in the middle and wrap the red dough around it using wax paper. Trim the excess dough.
- Repeat step 13 and wrap it using the white dough then wrap again with the remaining red dough.
- Wrap the entire dough in wax paper and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Cut 1/4" discs from the cookie dough and place it on a baking sheet
- Increase the oven temperature to 375F degrees then bake for 7-9 minutes. Let it cool completely.
Time to decorate!
- Using the cookie cutter, cut out circles from the ice cream pan. Place it on a baking sheet.
- Place back in the freezer until read to assemble.
- Take three cookies and place three stars in the middle using the cookie icing.
- To assemble, take your bottom cookie and place the ice cream on top.
- Place the cookie with the star on top.
Written By Rosanna Pansino