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    Best Ice Cream Sandwiches

    Jun 04, 2019 5 minutes
    BY LAN LAM

    Ten years ago, this magazine published a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that we consider perfect: crisp, deeply caramelized edges; chewy centers; gooey pockets of dark chocolate; and complex, toffee-like flavor that’s not too sweet. Trust me when I say that a glass of milk will never know a better companion.

    So when I decided to make chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches, I figured I had the cookie part all figured out. I baked off a batch, sandwiched two around a scoop of my favorite premium ice cream, and froze the sandwich until solid.

    Then I tried to take a bite. The cookies were so hard my teeth couldn’t get through them, and all that force caused the ice cream to squish out the sides. When I finally did bite through the cookies, I

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