Super Fudge Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter, cut in pieces
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 2 teaspoons hot water
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 pints ice cream, softened

Recipe

• 1 position a rack in the middle of the oven.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 4 put chocolate chips, butter and dissolved coffee in a heatproof container or top of double boiler, over barely simmering water. stir mixture till chocolate chips and butter are melted and smooth. set aside to cool.
• 5 in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla until thickened and light yellow in color, 2-3 minutes. be sure to scrape down the sides of bowl if needed during mixing.
• 6 turn mixer speed to low and add flour mixture just until it is incorporated. set the batter aside for about 15 minutes to thicken slightly.
• 7 using a measuring cup with 1/4 cup capacity, scoop up portions of batter and drop onto prepared baking sheets.
• 8 spacing the cookies 3" apart -- be sure to get all the batter out of the bowl to make the cookies.
• 9 bake the cookies one sheet at a time until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs, not wet batter clinging to it, about 13 minutes. then use a wide metal spatula to loose the cookies from the parchment paper to transfer them to wire racks to cool completely.
• 10 wrap the cookies individually to plastic wrap and freeze them for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• 11 remove the cookies from the freezer and turn half of them bottom side up.
• 12 i usually sit my ice cream in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes in the refrigerator and then use about 1/3 cup. smooth the edges of the ice cream and then top with another cookie, flat side down.pressing gently into the ice cream.
• 13 wrap the ice cream sandwiches tightly in plastic wrap and freeze it.
• 14 continue filling and freezing remaining cookies. you will probably have some ice cream left over.
• 15 freeze the ice cream sandwiches for at least 2 hours or up to one week.
• 16 if you are storing them longer than one week, seal the wrapped sandwiches in a clean container.serve frozen.