Chocolate Wafer Ice Cream Recipes

Steps:

• Mix crumbs and melted butter or margarine until well blended. Press into an 8 or 9 inch pie plate. Chill until firm.

Steps:

• Melt together chocolates and butter in a medium bowl over simmering water, stirring with a wooden spoon. When smooth, add the salt and sugar, stirring well. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, then fold in flour until mixed. Let cool, roll in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• When dough is firm, cut off a large piece. Dust a work surface with sugar and roll dough 1/4 inch thick, sprinkling more sugar as needed to prevent sticking. Cut into desired shapes and bake on prepared sheet for 11 minutes. Cool wafers on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Chocolate Wafers: Set 2 racks in the middle and upper third of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. In a food processor or the bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. While pulsing on low speed, add the butter, then the egg. Process or beat until the dough is thoroughly blended and massed together. Drop rounded teaspoons of batter onto nonstick or parchment-lined cookie sheets at 2-inch intervals. With moistened fingers, round out the cookies and flatten them a little. Bake for 9 minutes, turning the pans once for even baking, until the cookies are set. Set the cookie sheets on a rack to cool.
• In a mixing bowl, whip the cream to soft peaks, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, and continue whipping until stiff but smooth, about 1 minute. Spread the wafers evenly with the whipped cream, about a 1/4 inch thick, and set in stacks of 8. Turn the stacks on their sides and line them up, one after the other, like the wheels on an eighteen-wheeler, 4 rows deep. Frost the top and sides with the remaining whipped cream to form a loaf. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, until firm. To serve, dust lightly with cocoa or cookie crumbs. Slice with a serrated knife dipped in hot water.

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugars and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until light, about 5 minutes, scraping bowl and beaters occasionally. Beat in the egg whites, one at a time, beating smooth after each addition.
• While the mixture is beating, sift the cocoa with the flour and salt. Stop mixer, scrape down bowl and beaters and add dry ingredients. Mix on low speed until incorporated.
• Scrape the dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap. Cover with another piece of wrap and press the dough into a rough disk. Refrigerate the dough until it is firm -- several hours or overnight.
• About 20 minutes before you intend to bake the cookies, set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• Divide the dough into 3 parts and roll one at a time on a lightly floured work surface into a 6-inch square. Cut the dough with a fluted or plain round cutter into nine 2-inch cookies and place them on the prepared pan. Continue with the remaining dough. After rolling all the dough, press the scraps back together and make about 9 more cookies. Pierce the cookies several times with a fork and sprinkle them lightly with granulated sugar.
• Bake the cookies about 20 minutes, until slightly puffed and firm. Cool the cookies on the pan.
• Serve with any creamy or plain dessert, or ice cream. They're also great by themselves. Storage suggestion: Keep the cookies between layers of waxed paper in an air-tight tin or plastic container

Steps:

• Line a 9X3" pan with aluminum foil, with an overhang of 2".
• Line the bottom of the pan with a layer of the cookies, breaking a few to fit into the edges, if necessary.
• Spread a layer of ice cream over the cookies.
• Repeat making 2 more layers, or however many your pan will accommodate, ending with a top layer of cookies.
• Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil, and freeze until needed.
• 15 minutes before serving, remove the cake from the freezer.
• Whip the cream.
• Grab the overhanging foil on the sides of the pan, and lift out the ice cream cake. Place it on a serving platter.
• Decorate the top with whipped cream, and place the strawberries randomly on top to make a design.
• Cut into squares with a sharp knife, and serve.