Guilt-Free Gingerbread “Ice Cream” Sandwiches Are The New Go-To Treat
Want ice cream without the fat? Try this recipe with no butter or cream. Perfect for spring, and you'll be nibbling on them well into summer...

December 13, 2013

ginger biscuits ice cream

Because everyone needs a little something sweet…

Want ice cream without the fat? Try this recipe with no butter or cream.

What You Need

Ice cream (makes 8 ice cream scoops):
300g banana (about 3 bananas)
250g raspberries

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Cookies (makes 16 round cookies plus more):
1 egg
100g castor sugar
½ tsp mixed spice
½ tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cocoa
150g golden syrup
300g self-raising flour

ice cream

Method

1/ For the ice cream, peel and slice the bananas and place in a Tupperware with the raspberries. Freeze overnight.
2/ Process the frozen raspberries and bananas in a food processor or with a handheld blender until smooth. Freeze until required – no longer than five hours.
3/ For the gingerbread, preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking sheet with butter.
4/ Whisk together the egg, sugar, spices and cocoa until well combined.
5/ Add the syrup and flour, alternating between the two, and mix to form a dough. Leave to rest for 30 minutes.
6/ Roll out a piece of dough on a floured surface (two to five millimetres thick). Press out six-centimetre diameter circles and bake at 180°C for seven to 10 minutes.
7/ Once cooled, sandwich two cookies with a scoop of raspberry and banana ice cream and serve.

Makes 8 sandwiches. Per 151g serving: 1 170kJ, 1g fat (0g sat), 560mg sodium, 68g carbs, 4g fibre, 19g sugars, 5g protein

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