No Bake Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich

No Bake Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich
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Instead of using baked chocolate chip cookies to sandwich the ice cream, this frozen treat is prepared with an unbaked, egg-free chocolate chip cookie dough.Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
1
minute
Servings
16
No Bake Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwich
Total time: 21 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla, preferably mccormick small batch pure vanilla extract
  • 1 and 1/4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (about 35 vanilla wafers)
  • 1 cup miniature chocolate chips
  • 4 cup vanilla ice cream, softened
Directions
  1. Mix peanut butter and butter in large bowl until well blended.
  2. Add sugars and vanilla; stir until blended and smooth.
  3. Stir in vanilla wafer crumbs and chocolate chips.
  4. Line 8-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan.
  5. Press 1/2 of the dough into even layer pan.
  6. Pat remaining dough on parchment or wax paper into 8-inch square.
  7. Gently spread ice cream over layer on pan.
  8. Flip 8-inch square layer onto top of ice cream.
  9. Peel back parchment paper.
  10. Cover with foil.
  11. Freeze 3 hours or until firm.
  12. Let stand at room temperature 2 to 3 minutes to allow ice cream to soften slightly.
  13. Cut into 16 bars.
  14. Wrap each in plastic wrap.
  15. Store in freezer.