This super easy homemade ice cream sandwich cookie recipe will become your new favorite summer dessert! These Ice Cream Sandwiches made from creamy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream and buttery homemade M&M Cookies are absolutely scrumptious!
Sure, you could buy store bought ice cream and cookies, but there’s nothing special about that. Homemade ice cream and cookies take this dessert to a whole new level!
How to make homemade ice cream
This super easy, fool proof homemade ice cream recipe can’t be beat! There is no cooking what so ever. In a large bowl, mix together 2 quarts half and half, 1 pint heavy whipping cream, 3 tbsp vanilla extract, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and a few grains of salt. Pour the mixture into an ice cream freezer and let the machine do all the work for you!
How to make M&M Cookies
In a saucepan or the microwave, melt 1 1/2 sticks of butter. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the melted butter and 1 1/3 cups firmly packed light brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
In a separate bowl combine 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Stir in 1 cup of M&M’s.
Form golf ball size rounds and place on a baking sheet 4-5 inches apart. Press 3-4 additional candies on top of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, until lightly browned. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for about 3 minutes, then remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
How to make ice cream sandwiches
Place a large scoop of ice cream between two cookies, press them together, and freeze for a couple of hours or until the ice cream hardens.
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Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
For the Homemade Ice Cream
- 2 quarts half and half
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 3 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- few grains salt
For the M&M Cookies
- 1 1/2 sticks butter
- 1 1/3 cups light brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup M&M's plus a few extra to top the cookie dough with
Instructions
For the Homemade Ice Cream
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together
- Pour into an ice cream freezer and churn until frozen
For the M&M Cookies
- In a saucepan or the microwave, melt the butter
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Blend in eggs and vanilla extract
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, and salt
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well
- Stir in the M&M's
- Form the dough into golf ball size rounds and place on a baking sheet 4-5 inches apart
- Press 3-4 additional candies into each cookie
- Bake 12-14 minutes, until lightly browned
- Cool on the baking sheet for about 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
To Make the Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Place a large scoop of ice cream between two cookies, press them together, and freeze for a couple of hours or until the ice cream hardens
