Categories: frozen dessert

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. each ground ginger, ground cinnamon, and ground cloves
• About 1 1/4 quarts vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. In a large bowl, beat butter and 1 cup sugar until blended. Beat in molasses and egg. In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended.
2. Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, coat in remaining sugar. Place 3-inches apart on greased 12×15 inch baking sheets. Bake in a 350 degree oven until light gold, about 12 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes, then transfer to racks.
3. For each sandwich, place a 1/4 cup scoop of ice cream on bottom of 1 cookie; gently press another cookie, bottom down, over ice cream. Serve, or wrap in foil and freeze up to 2 weeks.

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