Double Velvet Ice-Cream Sandwich
Butter VelvetFresh Milk
Recipe Information
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Ingredients:
* Tip
Place First Choice Velvet in the freezer for 1 hour before use
Velvet ice-cream:
- 500 ml First Choice Chocolate Velvet
For the red velvet cookies:
- 1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup First Choice butter, softened to room temperature
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 egg (large)
- 1 tbsp First Choice milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tbsp red food colouring
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus a few extra for after baking)
Preparation method:
For the ice-cream:
- Whip the chilled First Choice Velvet in an electric mixer until thick (roughly 5mins).
- Place in a container and freeze over-night.
For the cookies:
- Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter on high speed for about 1 minute until creamy. Add the brown and white sugar slowly and cream together.
- Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla extract, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure all the mixture is combined well.
- Once mixed, add the food colouring and beat until combined, then add the dry ingredients and mix on low until a very soft dough is formed. Beat in more food colouring if you'd like the dough to be brighter red.
- Mix in the chocolate chips on a low speed. The dough will be sticky.
- Cover the dough tightly with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. (Chilling is mandatory.)
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C and line two large baking sheets with baking paper.
- Roll the dough into balls, roughly 1,5 tablespoons in size. Place 9 balls onto each baking sheet, allowing room to spread.
- Bake each batch for 10-11 minutes. The cookies may only spread slightly, but that's okay. Simply press down on the warm cookies to slightly flatten and form crinkles. Stick a few chocolate chips into the tops of the warm cookies if you'd like.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the ice-cream sandwiches
- Scoop a medium-sized ice-cream ball onto a cookie and press down slightly. Add a few chocolate sprinkles on top.
- Place another cookie on top. Serve immediately.