Coconut Cream Sandwiches

Name: Coconut Cream Sandwiches
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 270 min
Ingredients: 0.5 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 0.5 cup sugar; 0.25 teaspoon salt; 0.75 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled; 7 ounces sweetened shredded coconut (2 ⅔ cups, loosely packed); 2 pints vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

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By

Martha Stewart Editors

Updated on May 16, 2017

Prep Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

4 hrs 30 mins

Yield:

12

These refreshing icy treats were inspired by old-fashioned coconut cream pie.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
7 ounces sweetened shredded coconut (2 ⅔ cups, loosely packed)
2 pints vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

Directions

With an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, and salt until smooth. Mix in flour, then coconut, beating until a dough forms. Transfer to a piece of waxed paper; pat into a rectangular log, about 3 inches wide and 6 inches long. Wrap with waxed paper; freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. With a serrated knife, slice log of dough crosswise 1/4 inch thick (you should have 24 slices); arrange slices on two baking sheets.
Bake until golden, rotating sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, 20 to 25 minutes (watch closely toward end of cooking time to avoid overbrowning). Cool completely on sheets.
Dividing evenly, spread ice cream on flat side of half the cookies; sandwich with remaining cookies, flat side down. Freeze on a baking sheet until firm, about 3 hours.

Cook's Notes

You can use other flavors of ice cream (or frozen yogurt), such as chocolate, rum-raisin, coffee, or coconut. Slicing cookies from a log of dough (instead of rolling out and cutting) is an easy way to ensure they are of equal size for perfect sandwiches.