Ginger Ice Cream Sandwiches

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar, for sprinkling on cookies (less than 1/4 cup)
• 1 1/2 pints vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
• 1/4 cup finely minced candied ginger, recommended (optional)
• 1 cup miniature chocolate chip

Recipe

• 1 to make the cookies: cream butter with 3/4 cup sugar in a large bowl. sift in remaining ingredients (except for the additional sugar) and mix until a firm dough forms. wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigetate for at least 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat oven to 325-degrees f. roll dough our on a floured board to 1/4-inch thick. cut dough into 8-three inch squares and then arrange on a cookie sheet. cut remaining dough into shapes using a cookie cutters or free-form and place on cookie sheet.
• 3 sprinkle all cookies with sugar. bake for 20 minutes or until light brown. cool on rack. while cookies are cooling, mix ice cream and ginger together.
• 4 divide ice cream mixture into fourths and spread evenly on four cookies. roll edges in chocolate chips. top with remaining cookies.
• 5 wrap ice cream sandwiches in plastic wrap and freeze until firm (overnight or for at least 4 hours). serve frozen.