Crispy Coconut Cookies + ice cream is a cool combo(no pun intended) 😎
It’s July already. I am still trying to figure out how that happened without me noticing 🙂 Tomorrow is the 4th and I hope that everyone has a fun and safe holiday! We will be over here working, eating ice cream sammies, and maybe watch fireworks tomorrow night.
Making the perfect cookie for ice cream sammies isn’t as easy as you might think… I like any flavor and thick, chewy cookies and the hubs loves anything but chocolate and thin, crispy cookies. We both like coconut and compromised with a cookie that is somehow chewy and slightly crispy at the same time. I like the cookie room temp with ice cream and folded over like a taco, and hubby likes to eat them right out of the freezer as pictured above! Of course, if you want to do taco style the cookies need to be slightly larger than usual and this recipe is perfect for that because the cookie will fold right around the ice cream without breaking 🙌🏼. Feel free to dip the sammies in mini chocolate chips, toasted coconut, or m&m’s. The options are endless!!
xoxo
Crispy Coconut Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup pecans, chopped optional
- 1 quart vanilla ice cream, good quality
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In a large mixer bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each.
- Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together and mix well. Add the vanilla. Stir in the coconut and pecans.
- Scoop out even amounts of dough onto lined baking sheet. Leave room around each cookie to allow for some spreading.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until slightly browned around the edges. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
- Freeze cookies for about 20-30 minutes. Add 1-2 scoops ice cream onto one cookie and sandwich together. Wrap each cookie in wax paper and return to freezer until ready to eat.