soft & crunchy. ice-cream. treat. cookie.

I mentioned before my love to a great sandwich.

(See post- http://agrainofparadise.blogspot.co.il/2012/05/green-olives-cannellini-beans-chili.html) 

Well, this sweeter then life sandwich must be on everybody’s ‘To do’ list this summer.

Part soft, Part crunchy chocolate chip cookie

Handful of pecans

Dried apricot both for great color, and tanginess

And add to that your favorite flavor of ice cream –

and there you have the best summer treat.

Plain and simple.

Ice cream sandwich

For the cookies: 2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. baking soda

200g soft butter

200g chopped up dark chocolate

100g chopped pecans

100g chopped up dried apricots

Ice cream: 3 tubs of your favorite ice cream flavor

buy haagen-dazs or Ben and Jerry’s  ice cream tub

(any other brand will work as well,

as long as its the same size tub)

Using the paddle attachment on your mixer, combine the butter and sugar,

Once you get a white and fluffy mixture. Add eggs. Mix.

Add the flour and baking soda. Mix

Add the chocolate, pecans and apricots, mix.

Create 24 balls out of the batter.

Bake for 12 minutes in an 180c pre heated oven

*Cut the tub of ice cream using a serrated knife,

2cm in thickness.

Peal the carton away, and lay between 2 cookies.

Heaven.

If you happen to read Hebrew, you can view the recipe here- http://www.chef-lavan.co.il/default.asp?catid={0C8834B1-0191-4C80-897F-C1E31A287FF1}&details_type=1&itemid={13058743-67EF-4AB6-8252-6E5A09DA3E04}#!prettyPhoto