Coffee-Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Photo: Johnny Miller
Prep Time:
1 hrs
Total Time:
1 hrs 45 mins
Yield:
22

The sandwiches can be stored in the freezer, well wrapped in plastic, for up to 3 days; let them soften at room temperature for about 15 minutes before serving.

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for flattening rounds

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

  • ¼ cup packed light-brown sugar

  • 1 ¾ cups plus 1 ½ teaspoons granulated sugar

  • 3 large eggs

  • 2 teaspoons pure coffee extract, such as Trablit (available at lepicerie.com)

  • 1 ½ teaspoons instant-espresso powder

  • 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped and melted

Cream

  • 4 cups heavy cream

  • 1 ½ cups packed fresh mint leaves

  • 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

  • Pinch of coarse salt

Directions

  1. Cookies: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, beat butter on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add brown sugar and 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar and beat until combined, about 1 minute. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then coffee extract. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour mixture, beating until just combined.

  2. Scoop 1-ounce balls of dough with a 1 5/8-inch ice cream scoop and place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten each slightly with the bottom of a dry-measure cup dipped in flour. Stir together remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar and espresso powder in a small bowl; sprinkle mixture over rounds.

  3. Bake cookies until golden on edges, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Dip flat sides of half of cookies in chocolate (or spread chocolate on cookies). Freeze on a baking sheet, chocolate-side up, until set, 5 to 15 minutes.

  4. Cream: Meanwhile, prepare an ice-water bath. Bring cream and mint to a simmer in a small saucepan, then remove from heat; let cool completely, 30 minutes. Place in ice bath until well chilled. Transfer half of mixture to a food processor with half of confectioners' sugar and salt; purée until mint is finely chopped and cream is thick enough to scoop (check after 20 seconds). Then pulse just until whipped. Repeat with second batch.

  5. Scoop 1/4 cup whipped cream onto flat side of each coated cookie. Freeze until slightly hardened, 5 to 20 minutes. Lightly press uncoated halves on top, then freeze until semifirm, about 30 minutes, before serving.

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