Have you ever seen the look on a childs face when he realizes hes about to have his favorite treat - ice cream? Its a snapshot moment! Whats better than a bowl of ice cream? A bowl of ice cream where the bowl is actually a cookie! You cant ask for more than that - whether youre a child or an adult - when it comes to a cool, refreshing treat. Now, dont think youve got to go on a local hunt for a store that sells ice cream cups which are really cookies; youll never find em! Youve got to make them yourself, however, its so easy you wont mind at all! In fact, once you have a bowl of ice cream where the bowl is a cookie youll never want a cone again! If you make your own cookie dough thats fine. If you use frozen dough, allow it to thaw before starting the ice cream cookie cups. Mix boxed cookie dough according to directions. When the dough is ready its easy to make the cookie cups. First, take some of the dough and place it between two pieces of waxed paper. Roll the dough into a ball so that, when you roll it out, it will form a circular cookie. Use a rolling pin to roll the cookie out very thin.
Place each flattened cookie dough circle on a piece of foil. Try to keep the foil flat and straightened out rather than allowing it to have lots of wrinkles and creases. If it does have some wrinkles, though, smooth them out the best you can. The foil itself should be somewhat larger than the flattened cookie dough. Fold the edges of the foil up so that the cookie starts taking the shape of a small bowl. Pinch the foil together around the edges, here and there, to help the cookie hold its shape. Dont worry if the top edges of the bowls arent perfectly round; the edges can be misshapen and ragged. The only thing you need to make sure of is that all sides of the bowl are approximately the same height. You dont want a cookie bowl thats really shallow on one side but tall on the other. By using the foil technique you can make really large cookie bowls or much smaller ones.
Bake the cookies according to the instructions. After removing them from the oven allow them to cool. Before theyre cold, and while theyre still barely warm, remove the foil from each cookie bowl. Serve ice cream now, while the cookie bowls are still warm, or allow them to cool completely before serving. At any time, you can warm the cookie bowl in the microwave before adding the ice cream. You dont necessarily have to eat the cookie bowls immediately; you can wrap them in saran wrap and store then in a cupboard or you can place them in the freezer. Allow the cookie bowl to thaw for an hour before serving. There are alternative ways to make the cookie bowls. One way is to use cupcake baking cups. The foil ones are best because theyre slightly stronger than the paper ones. However, you can stack three to four paper ones - or two foil ones - to create a mold for the cookie bowl. As before, place a ball of dough in between two pieces of waxed paper and roll it out with a rolling pin. Set the paper or foil cups upside-down on a cookie sheet then drape the flattened dough over the cups. Cook according to the cookie baking directions. You dont absolutely have to fill the cookie bowls with ice cream. Theyre great when you fill them with sherbet or even pudding. Melt chocolate, butterscotch or caramel in the bottoms of the cups and then add the chosen filling. Add whipped cream, candy sprinkles, fruit or other toppings. If you want to make cookie cups for small kids you can use still another technique. Wad up balls of foil, drape the flattened cookies over them, then bake. These can be filled the same as the larger versions. Serve cookie bowls with ice cream instead of cake and ice cream at a birthday party. Or, just make the delicious cookie bowls for your own family. When wrapped theyll keep for several days so you can use them when youre ready. They provide a unique way to serve desserts to your guests or just for you to sit down and enjoy when youre by yourself.
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