Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/2 cup 2% low-fat milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square, melted
• 18 chocolate chip cookies or 18 sugar cookies
• miniature semisweet chocolate chips or chocolate sprinkles or chopped unsalted peanuts (optional) or flaked coconut (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and butter; stir in milk. bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. cool completely. stir in condensed milk.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form; fold into milk mixture. divide between two freezer containers. stir melted chocolate into one container until well blended. cover and freeze both mixtures for 6 hours or until firm.
• 3 to assemble, place 1/3 cup of ice cream on the bottom of a cookie. top with another cookie; press down gently. if desired, roll sides of ice cream sandwich in chocolate chips, jimmies, peanuts or coconut. wrap in plastic wrap. repeat. freeze until serving.