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Homemade Chipwiches

I have many childhood memories of me chasing down the ice cream truck to get my absolute favorite ice cream treat: a Chipwich. I mean, honestly, what more could you ask for in a dessert? Two chocolate chip cookies with ice cream sandwiched in between. Mmm.
So I was, well, horrified, to find out that the Chipwich brand name is no longer in existence as of 2007. At that time, Nestle bought the rights to the name and stopped all production because it competed with their “Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich.” I mean, come on.  The name Chipwich is exponentially more catchy. But hey, whatever floats their boat.
Since finding out this information, I can’t get the idea of making my own Homemade Chipwiches or Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches out of my head.
I was sent an Airbake cooking sheet recently and wanted to test it out. The Airbake Nonstick Insulated sheets are pretty snazzy. They are made of 100% aluminum and are comprised of two sheets surrounding a layer of air. This is said to reduce the temperature of the metal that actually comes in contact with the food which should result in more even baking. Airbake also claims that cookie bottoms won’t burn, win! (They also have natural sheets if you don’t want nonstick)
I decided to use a recipe from David Lebovitz for Salted Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies because the only way I can think to enhance my homemade chipwiches would be to add a little salt to bring out the flavor.
Ingredients (makes about 12 hand-sized chipwiches, make cookies larger if desired):
  • 4 ounces salted butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon flaky sea salt or kosher salt
  • 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 pint vanilla ice cream (or your favorite ice cream)
  • Mini chocolate chips, for decorating (optional)

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Salted Caramel Brownies

Hurricane Irene has forced me to stay indoors for most of today, which means I’ve resorted to cooking/baking to keep me occupied. Today’s creation is another Cooking Light recipe for Salted Caramel Brownies.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon bakery emulsion
  • Cooking spray

Topping:

  •  1/4 cup butter
  •  1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  •  3 1/2 tablespoons evaporated fat-free milk, divided
  •  1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  •  1/2 cup powdered sugar
  •  1 ounce dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
  •  1/4 teaspoon espresso powder
  •  1/8 teaspoon coarse sea salt
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Barbuzzo’s Salted Caramel Budino

Tasting Table posted an adapted recipe of Marcie Turney’s Salted Caramel Budino. If you’ve never been to Barbuzzo in Philadelphia, your taste buds are missing out on one fantastic dessert. So, if my attempt at this adapted recipe is even half as good as the original salted caramel budino, I will consider this a win.
Barbuzzo’s version is described as “dark chocolate crust, vanilla bean caramel, sea salt.” The Salted Caramel Budino version below omits the crust, but maintains the vanilla bean salted caramel poured over a maple flavored custard.
Ingredients
  • Salted Caramel:
    • ¼ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 tablespoons light corn syrup
    • 3 tablespoons water
    • ¼ cup heavy cream
    • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • 1 teaspoon flaky sea salt, plus more for garnish
    • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Pudding:
    • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
    • ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed
    • ¼ cup water
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 2½ cups half-and-half
    • 1 large egg plus 2 large egg yolks
    • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
    • Whipped cream, for serving

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