Oatmeal Raisin Ice cream sandwich is a great kid friendly dessert and is a perfect Summer treat.
For Day 2 of ‘Combo Desserts’, I have delicious kid friendly dessert - Oatmeal Raisin Ice cream sandwich. The cookies are 100% vegan. They are soft and chewy - perfect to make these ice cream sandwiches. My daughter loved them so much that she ate these for snack 3 days in a row.
I am a huge fan of cookbooks and especially love the ones that have nice photos. I used to buy them quite frequently, but I have become a little more picky these days. On one of our trips to Costco, I found this ‘But I could never be Vegan!’ cookbook and I bought it. It has 125 recipes and all of them look and sound delicious. I started trying recipes from the back of the book - from my favorite section - desserts.
The book had vegan oatmeal cookies recipe but I added some raisins and made them oatmeal raisin cookies. They are super easy to put together. These cookies are chewier than the traditional oatmeal cookies. Applesauce and flaxseed meal replace the eggs and you wouldn’t even know that these ingredients are in there.
I made a double batch of these cookies and took most of them to a bbq potluck we had recently. With the remaining ones I made ice cream sandwiches. I used regular store bought ice cream, but I have to the vegan ice cream from the cookbook next.
You can use whatever flavored ice cream you want. I used good old vanilla flavor, but you can try chocolate, dulche de leche or get adventurous and use pumpkin or cinnamon ice creams. These are perfect to make for a summer bbq, kids will love these.
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 88.
Oatmeal Raisin Ice Cream Sandwich
Ingredients
For Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:
- ¼ cup Almond Milk (or other non-dairy Milk)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Rolled Oats
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Ground cloves
- ¼ tsp Ground Nutmeg
- ⅓ cup Melted Coconut oil or Canola Oil
- ⅓ cup Vegan brown sugar or Coconut Sugar
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1½ tsp Flaxseed Meal
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Sandwich
- As needed Vegan Ice Cream, flavor of choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a measuring cup, combine almond milk and the vinegar. Let sit for at least 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the spices.
- In a medium bowl, combine coconut oil, sugar, applesauce, maple syrup, flaxseed meal and vanilla extract. Add the milk mixture and mix well to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Use a small scoop or a tablespoon to place dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Flatten the cookies with damp fingers and gently shape them into rounds.
- Bake for 8~10 minutes or until set and the bottoms are beginning to turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 3~4 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once the cookies are completely cooled, place 6~8 cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet, bottom side up. Set aside 6~8 more cookies.
- Thaw the ice cream for 10 minutes. Place a scoop of ice cream on the cookies that are on the parchment paper. Place the other cookie on top and press down lightly.
- Freeze the sandwiches at least 30 minutes before serving. If the sandwiches are completely frozen, then thaw them 5~10 minutes before serving.
Vaishali
Wow ! That’s a great idea to use your cookies to make icecream sandwich . Cookies look fibrous and with that vanilla must be so delicious . The vanilla ice cream has a very nice flavour in US , somehow the Indian vanilla is not as flavourful .
Renu
Wow such a nice idea to give oatmeal cookies to children's instead of the normal ones. And that combo must have tasted so good.
Varada
Chewy homemade cookies are the best. Great combo for lazy summer afternoons.
Nalini
Wonderful idea and the sandwich looks absolutely gorgeous..
Gayathri Kumar
I prefer home made cookies as they are the best. Your vegan oatmeal and raisin cookies look wonderful and those ice cream sandwiches look fantastic..
Priya Suresh
This is a ultimate dessert to have without any hesitation. And this icecream oatmeal raisin sandwich rocks Pavani.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
The cookies look amazing... I have also become choosy with my cookbooks, but I still have itchy hands!
Srivalli
Wow, those sandwich cookies with ice cream look out of the world!..I have made these sandwich cookies couple of times and kids enjoyed it so much. This is a fabulous idea for the combo sweets!
Sandhiya
Cookies icec ream sandwich sounds awesome, with the home made cookies, it would be even more delicious. So apt for the summer break when kids are at home.
Harini
OMG! That is a fantastic idea, Pavani . My kids love ice cream sandwiches and this would be a wonderful way to serve it to them !
Sushma Pinjala
Awesome idea Pavani. My son loves these kind of dishes.
Traditional Basmati Rice
What a delicious recipe !
I am going fan of this ice cream sandwich. Now, i am just going to try this recipe in my kitchen. Thanks, for sharing such a beautiful dish here with us.
Padmajha PJ
This ice cram sandwich is like a double treat!!So delicious and definitely a kid pleaser!