Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams), packed dark brown sugar; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (5⅔ ounces/160 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 , large egg; 2 tablespoons, water; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (3 ounces/85 grams), mini semisweet chocolate chips, plus 1 cup for optional garnish; 3 pints, ice cream

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
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By Lan Lam ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2019, America's Test Kitchen TV

Browned butter, brown sugar, and vanilla give chocolate chip cookies toffee-like depth. But it's a purely pedestrian addition that keeps them tender enough when frozen.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Summer Cookbook

SERVES Makes 12

TIME 1½ hours, plus 9 hours chilling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Summer Cookbook

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