This has been Tim's odds-on favorite birthday cake ever since he was little. It is a bit challenging getting the candles into the frozen cookie dough!
-Grandma Dee, Editor of the Original Teodoro Favorites Family Cook Book 1998
Ingredients
- 3/4 c flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 c butter, softened; some extra to grease cookie sheets
- 1/3 c brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 c old fashioned oats (OPTIONAL: oats in cookies are always even tastier if you toast them in oven first; spread on cookie sheet at 350°F for 15 minutes; but if you don't have time, skip it)
- 1/3 c PLUS 2 Tblsp semisweet chocolate chips (you might use mini chips for the 1/3 cup; they go around icecream)
- 1 quart ice cream, slightly softened
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Smaller bowl
- 2 cookie sheets
- Electric mixer
- Sharp knife to cut top cookie
- Cake plate or serving plate
- Sturdy mixing spoon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Whisk together flour and baking soda.
- Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. (Fluffy again! Sorry... I still don't know what fluffy looks like.)
- Stir in oats and the with spoon until blended. Divide dough in half.
- Place half in middle of each cookie sheet and spread into an 8-inch circle. Sprinkle ONE cookie with the remaining 2 Tbls of choc chips. (It's going to be the top piece. Very pretty.) Slice the top piece like a pizza into 8 pieces but leave on cookie sheet to bake.
- Bake both large cookies for 15 minutes, rotating and moving them around as need to cook evenly in your oven. They should be light brown and crisp looking.
- Remove and cool on sheets for 10 minutes before removing to racks. Allow to completely cool before assembling pie.
- Re-cut the top cookie into the 8 pieces. Set one piece aside. Place the other, plain cookie flat-side-up on your serving plate. Quickly spread the icecream all over the cookie as evenly as possible.
- Arrange the other 7 pieces on top of the icecream. The space between the pieces allows you to cut the cake! Press teh other chips inot the icecream around the sides.
- Freeze until the icecream is firm. Eat that 8th cookie piece while you wait.
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