A few weeks ago I received an early, early birthday package from friend Laura in Pasadena, with instructions to open the box upon arrival. There was something perishable therein. Of course I did as instructed!
A fantastic surprise, at least from my perspective: packs of chocolate chip and chocolate cookies from Carmela Ice Cream, to be used to make ice cream sandwiches. This has been a particular quest of mine since sampling their memorable salted caramel ice cream sandwiches in Pasadena. Turns out they now offer the cookies for sale, and Laura knew as soon as she saw them that they'd be the perfect birthday gift!
My first attempt above for the little girls recently. A bit messy but they were impressed and I'll get the hang of it. I'm using Jo Seagar's Salted Caramel Ice Cream recipe from her latest cookbook, "A Bit of What You Fancy." As she would say, "easy peasy."
Also thanks to Laura we've tracked down cookie cutters the right shape, with similar small flutes, from Brown Cookie. Traditional biscuit cutters are close, but they're not the same.
Now to perfect a chocolate cookie recipe, which it seems can't have eggs to freeze properly. Yes, I have seen hundreds of ice cream sandwich recipes using cookies on the internet, but they're simply not like Carmela's.
This is a quest to be continued. Perhaps just call me Don Quixote in the meantime?
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