Oat Biscuit Ice Cream Sandwich

Way back in 2013, when I started this blog, one of my first posts was for chocolate oat biscuits.  It starts: 'As today is such a grey and miserable day...'  Well, funnily enough, today is another grey and miserable day, and here I am writing up a post with a version of these biscuits, turned into an ice cream sandwich.  I made the ice cream the day before the biscuits, but you can do it on the same day, or buy a tub of your fave if you run out of time or inclination.

The biscuit recipe comes from another Brisbane blogger Faux Fuchsia, who is now an Instagrammer rather than a Blogger:-)  I followed her for some time before deciding to take the plunge myself into the blogging world.  Funny how you can feel so attached to people, even though you've never met them in real life.  Anyway, I feel that she inspired me to start my own blog, with her tales of family life (and quite a few recipes) in sunny ol' Brisbane. 


   

squidgy squishy chocolatey ice cream sandwich

(Makes a couple of trays of biscuits - maybe 15 or 16)


ingredients:


90g. (1 cup) of rolled oats

110g. (4 oz) butter, at room temp.

90g. (1/2 cup) brown sugar

85g. (1/3 cup) caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract or paste

1 large egg

1 tsp baking powder

75g. (1/2 cup) plain flour

35g. (a handful) of white chocolate chips

35g. (a handful) of milk chocolate chips 

a pinch of sea salt

For serving:

ice cream of your choice - I used chocolate



Method:


Whiz the rolled oats in a food processor till they look like flour

Cream the butter, sugars and vanilla together till light and fluffy - electric beaters work well here

Add the egg, baking powder, flour, and oats into the mixture and beat in well

Stir in the chocolate chips and sea salt

Drop tablespoonfuls onto lined baking trays and bake for 10-12 minutes @ 180C/350F - they will spread out, so leave a bit of room

Leave to cool on the trays for five to ten minutes, then place on wire racks to cool completely

Store the biscuits in an airtight container for several days


Oops, I almost forgot the sandwich part!  Put one biscuit on a plate, place a scoop of the softened ice cream on top of the biscuit, and taking another biscuit, squish the ice cream firmly but gently onto the first biscuit  

Here is the link to my chocolate ice cream recipe, folks: chocolate ice cream - original recipe by Sherry's Pickings.

ice cream mixture

creamy and chocolatey ice cream ready for the freezer

Notes:


Use your fave kind of chocolate chips, or peanut butter chips like I did

You can add the baking powder and flour into the whizzed oats, if you prefer.  Just give it a quick whiz to incorporate them, before tipping into the creamed butter and sugar mixture

I decided to make a few chocolate oat biscuits too, so I added a tablespoonful of black cocoa powder (ordinary is fine) to the batter that was still in the bowl - ét voilà - dark and chocolatey oat biscuits 

beat the butter and sugars together till fluffy

add the oats, flour etc, then throw in the chocolate chips

place on a lined baking tray for 10-12 mins. @ 180C

let them cool on wire racks

squish that ice cream onto the biscuit

   artwork © Sherry's Pickings