Kent Rathbun’s Rocky Road Ice Cream Sandwiches — Kids Will Love Making them and Eating them!

kentrathbunKent Rathbun, Executive Chef and Partner of Abacus, Jasper’s and Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen shares a favorite summer treat of the Rathbun family! Read about Kent and his restaurant concepts at www.kentrathbun.com.

Rocky Road Ice Cream Sandwiches

Makes 6 Sandwiches

Preparing the Ice Cream:

Ingredients:
¼ gallon Vanilla Ice Cream
6 ounces chopped almonds

Directions:
1. Place the sliced almonds on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 6 minutes.  Watch carefully for these can easily burn.
2. Scoop the vanilla ice cream into balls and roll the balls in the toasted chopped almonds.
3. Freeze balls until ready to use.

Preparing the Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Ingredients:
4 ounces butter, room temperature
3 ounces granulated sugar
4 ounces light brown sugar
½  teaspoon salt
7 ounces all-purpose flour
½  teaspoon baking soda
½  teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
6 ounces chocolate chips (dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate or peanut butter)
2 ounces nuts of your choice, optional

Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugars with a paddle attachment in the bowl of a mixer until smooth.
2. Add eggs one at a time and mix thoroughly, but do not beat.
3. Add the vanilla and mix.
4. Combine the flour and baking soda and sift.  Slowly incorporate the flour mixture into the egg batter.
5. Scrape the bowl and continue mixing on low/medium speed until thoroughly incorporated.
6. Add the chocolate chips and nuts and just mix.
7. Drop spoonfuls of mixture on sheet pan lined with parchment or silicone baking sheet.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 10 minutes.

Putting It All Together:
Place one ice cream ball in between two cookies to make an ice cream sandwich and garnish with Hershey’s Syrup, Caramel and Marshmallow Fluff.
Enjoy!!_rockyroad_usm