Small-Batch Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

These sugar cookie ice cream sandwiches are a fast summer treat. You can use any sugar cookie recipe, but the sugar cookie recipe here will make enough for 6 ice cream sandwiches.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 444 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup butter, melted
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅔ cup white sugar
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons colored candy sprinkles (jimmies)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2

Stir together sugar, melted butter, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a bowl. Add flour, baking soda, salt, and candy sprinkles. Stir to combine.

Step 3

Scoop dough with a medium-sized spring-hinged scoop and space evenly on the prepared baking sheet.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies spread, start to crackle, and appear dry on top, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 5

Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 6

To make ice cream sandwiches, place about 1/4 cup ice cream on the bottom of one cookie, press the top cookie in place.