Ice Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies

An extremely delicious looking cookie from Picky Palate blog. The recipe calls for your favourite vanilla ice cream but I am sure you can experiment with other flavours. I tried it using cherry-vanilla ice cream and milk chocolate chunks. I made them really large and they turned out soft and melted in my mouth. Delicious.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 36-48 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2  large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup vanilla ice cream (heaping and frozen from container)
• 4  cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  cups chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a stand or electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy.
3. Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined.
4. Add in ice cream until combined.
5. Place flour, baking soda and salt into a large bowl; mix.
6. Add to wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips; mix until just combined.
7. With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet.
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are cooked through.
9. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
10. Serve with a maraschino cherry on top :).