ice-cream sandwich

The first ice-cream sandwiches were probably made by New York street vendors in the late nineteenth century.

Before you start

Recipe cost: €8

Preparation time: 1 hour

Difficulty: low

Ingredients

230 g sunflower oil

100 g granulated sugar

150 g brown sugar

2 eggs

10 g Vahiné® vanilla flavouring

600 g plain flour (≤10% protein), mixed with

5 g bicarbonate of soda

2 g fine salt

60 g Simón Coll® 60% cocoa and vanilla chocolate

Equipment

Hand whisk

Pastry blender

11 cm ∅ biscuit cutter

This recipe makes about 20 sandwich biscuits.

Biscuits

  1. Finely chop the chocolate with a knife and freeze.
  2. Prepare all the ingredients and preheat the oven to 180°C, no fan.
  3. Pour the oil and sugars into a bowl. Whisk well.
  4. Add the eggs and vanilla flavouring and continue whisking.
  5. Add the dry ingredient mixture.
  6. Add the chocolate and finish kneading the dough.
  7. Roll out the dough, using guides to ensure an even thickness, and cut out rounds with the 11 cm biscuit cutter.
  8. Transfer to a baking tray lined with baking parchment and bake for 6 minutes.

Assembling the sandwiches

  1. Using the 11 cm biscuit cutter, cut out rounds of ice cream and assemble the sandwiches.