Nutella Ice Cream Sandwiches*
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp instant espresso powder
1-1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup Nutella, divided
6 oz white chocolate bars, coarsely chopped
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup dry-roasted cashews, coarsely chopped
2 pints vanilla ice cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt and espresso powder. In a medium bowl, using a hand-held mixer, beat together the butter and shortening for 1 minute. Add the sugars and beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes. Lower the speed, scrape down the sides and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Stir in the vanilla, 1/3 cup Nutella and the flour mixture. Add both chocolates and cashews. Place 2 Tbsp of batter per cookie on a sheet pan, allowing for 3 inches in between each one, and bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool cookies completely. Spread 1 cookie with 1/2 Tbsp Nutella. Place a large scoop of ice cream on another cookie and sandwich the two together so the Nutella and ice cream face each other. Continue with remaining cookies.
Makes 8 sandwiches (8 servings)