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Ice Cream Sandwiches: 65 Recipes for Incredibly Cool Treats [A Cookbook]
A sweet collection of 50 recipes for ice cream sandwiches from London's popular Buttercup Bake Shop.
Ice cream sandwiches are the perfect treat for both kids and adults, whether you prefer zesty lemon ice cream surrounded by soft ginger cookies or fudgey brownies encasing refreshing mint chocolate chip ice cream, indulgently dipped in chocolate. Somehow, combining crunchy, buttery cookies with creamy, cold ice cream makes both elements better.
The tantalizing recipes in Ice Cream Sandwiches pair easy-to-make frozen fillings and simple cookies and other baked goods to create delightful treats ranging from classics to decadent combinations like snickerdoodles with vanilla ice cream, caramel, and butterscotch; pumpkin spice cookies with mascarpone ice cream; and rose meringues. With make-ahead instructions and fun decorating ideas for Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, and other celebrations, this engaging and colorful cookbook has a sublime ice cream sandwich recipe for every occasion.
Ice cream sandwiches are the perfect treat for both kids and adults, whether you prefer zesty lemon ice cream surrounded by soft ginger cookies or fudgey brownies encasing refreshing mint chocolate chip ice cream, indulgently dipped in chocolate. Somehow, combining crunchy, buttery cookies with creamy, cold ice cream makes both elements better.
The tantalizing recipes in Ice Cream Sandwiches pair easy-to-make frozen fillings and simple cookies and other baked goods to create delightful treats ranging from classics to decadent combinations like snickerdoodles with vanilla ice cream, caramel, and butterscotch; pumpkin spice cookies with mascarpone ice cream; and rose meringues. With make-ahead instructions and fun decorating ideas for Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, and other celebrations, this engaging and colorful cookbook has a sublime ice cream sandwich recipe for every occasion.
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128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
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July 5, 2013
An interesting series of variations on a theme from an acclaimed London, England bake shop, but it is still just a variation on a theme no matter how you slice and dice it.
Here with this colourful book can you learn how to perfect and adapt ice cream sandwiches, a cookie or biscuit "bread" with an ice cream "filling". Something as a child I marvelled over but as an adult (!) one is less enthralled towards. This book's publicity material oozes how "somehow, combining crunchy, buttery cookies with creamy, cold ice cream makes both elements better" -- your views may vary. But whatever the outcome, your children might like them!
The author realises that not everybody will have the time, patience or ability to make their own ice cream (although, no doubt, it will help unless you purchase "gourmet" ice cream) but recipes are given to make every component part should you so desire. Even an acknowledgement that you might have to buy something in is a welcome little thing, as all-to-many books tend to sneer at that as a viable option.
It is proving hard to change the initial perception of this book, despite many interesting recipes, some great food photography and simple, easy-to-follow text. If you have a recipe for ice cream, a biscuit of your choice and a bit of imagination do you need anything else? If you view this book as a source of a few good "raw ingredient" recipes and then some combination tips maybe it is a different proposition. For this reviewer, at least, the book doesn't "add" anything that his bookshelf or mind doesn't already have, but one's ego is not sufficiently large to rule out it being a great resource for someone else. It is perhaps one of those books that is best examined if you perceive there could be a need for it but are unsure as to whether it is "the one" for you.
The book is rounded off even with a few refreshing drinks that you can make to serve up with your sandwich creations - healthy drinks and a slightly luxurious treat for the younger members of your family (or the older folks with a sweet tooth). This is not a bad book. It is a better-than-average book if it hits the mark for you, that is not in doubt, it is just whether it is sufficiently unique and has a real raison d'être that is possibly in doubt.
Ice Cream Sandwiches, written by Donna Egan and published by Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9781607744955, 128 pages. Typical price: USD16.99. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
Here with this colourful book can you learn how to perfect and adapt ice cream sandwiches, a cookie or biscuit "bread" with an ice cream "filling". Something as a child I marvelled over but as an adult (!) one is less enthralled towards. This book's publicity material oozes how "somehow, combining crunchy, buttery cookies with creamy, cold ice cream makes both elements better" -- your views may vary. But whatever the outcome, your children might like them!
The author realises that not everybody will have the time, patience or ability to make their own ice cream (although, no doubt, it will help unless you purchase "gourmet" ice cream) but recipes are given to make every component part should you so desire. Even an acknowledgement that you might have to buy something in is a welcome little thing, as all-to-many books tend to sneer at that as a viable option.
It is proving hard to change the initial perception of this book, despite many interesting recipes, some great food photography and simple, easy-to-follow text. If you have a recipe for ice cream, a biscuit of your choice and a bit of imagination do you need anything else? If you view this book as a source of a few good "raw ingredient" recipes and then some combination tips maybe it is a different proposition. For this reviewer, at least, the book doesn't "add" anything that his bookshelf or mind doesn't already have, but one's ego is not sufficiently large to rule out it being a great resource for someone else. It is perhaps one of those books that is best examined if you perceive there could be a need for it but are unsure as to whether it is "the one" for you.
The book is rounded off even with a few refreshing drinks that you can make to serve up with your sandwich creations - healthy drinks and a slightly luxurious treat for the younger members of your family (or the older folks with a sweet tooth). This is not a bad book. It is a better-than-average book if it hits the mark for you, that is not in doubt, it is just whether it is sufficiently unique and has a real raison d'être that is possibly in doubt.
Ice Cream Sandwiches, written by Donna Egan and published by Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9781607744955, 128 pages. Typical price: USD16.99. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
May 3, 2013
I received a free ecopy of this from NetGalley.
I was fairly impressed with this cookbook, as it gave me a little more than I was expecting. The recipes included cover ice cream, cookies, brownies, milkshakes and floats. And, I have to say, I have been eager about some of the recipes from the get go, especially cookie recipes, ice cream or no!
For me, though, the biggest factor for a good cookbook being impressive is not the actual content but its ability to inspire. I do most of my cooking on my own with recipes to guide or inspire me, though with baking I'm a little more by-the-books than usual. So since these recipes managed to give me ideas of my own on what I might like to do or make.
The photography is something I'm torn about. The photos themselves are crisp and clear, and all look appetizing, but the presentation is hardly perfect. The ice cream is often messy, if nothing else-- though I suppose we could give Egan credit for a bit more realism, then!
I was fairly impressed with this cookbook, as it gave me a little more than I was expecting. The recipes included cover ice cream, cookies, brownies, milkshakes and floats. And, I have to say, I have been eager about some of the recipes from the get go, especially cookie recipes, ice cream or no!
For me, though, the biggest factor for a good cookbook being impressive is not the actual content but its ability to inspire. I do most of my cooking on my own with recipes to guide or inspire me, though with baking I'm a little more by-the-books than usual. So since these recipes managed to give me ideas of my own on what I might like to do or make.
The photography is something I'm torn about. The photos themselves are crisp and clear, and all look appetizing, but the presentation is hardly perfect. The ice cream is often messy, if nothing else-- though I suppose we could give Egan credit for a bit more realism, then!
December 4, 2014
I haven't tried any of the recipes and the pictures look wonderful, but the layout of the book turns me off. Each ice cream sandwich recipe refers to you to two other different pages in the book for the cookie recipe and the ice cream recipe. The subsequent ice cream sandwich recipe is merely step-by-step instructions on how to assemble them. Certainly, there is no reason to print all the recipes multiple times, but maybe all the recipe using a certain cookie flavor or ice cream filling could be grouped together? I was hoping for more ice cream recipes, instead I was surprised by the number of cookie recipes.
May 25, 2013
I liked it, though it's pretty basic and some of the formatting in the eGalley makes it appear weird on Kindle for iPad. I will definitely try some recipes. I wonder if other reviewers tried the recipes out before rating. I feel like some cookies would be the wrong texture for an ice cream sandwich and the recipes in here, as long as they produce cookies that make a good or great ice cream sandwich, vs. any other random cookie recipe not made for this specific use, are likely the part of the book most readers would find useful.
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Full review to come
May 12, 2013
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My Opinion: I wasn't as impressed with this cookbook as I thought I would be. The recipes looked interesting, but they didn't wow me. Some were predictable combinations and some just really didn't either look pretty or photograph well. This might be good for a family with young children where appearance really doesn't matter, but I wouldn't use this in any form of entertainment cooking.
My Opinion: I wasn't as impressed with this cookbook as I thought I would be. The recipes looked interesting, but they didn't wow me. Some were predictable combinations and some just really didn't either look pretty or photograph well. This might be good for a family with young children where appearance really doesn't matter, but I wouldn't use this in any form of entertainment cooking.
September 2, 2013
This is a pretty ok book, not anything spectacular, I mean ice cream sandwiches are fairly basic right, but there are some nice combinations and ways to make sandwiches easy- store bought cookies and ice cream but also recipes for cookies, ice cream and sauces. A good initiative to get you thinking outside the box!
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