Patriotic Star Ice Cream Sandwiches
My favorite holiday to make fun themed goodies for is the 4th of July! I just adore treats in bold red, white and blue colors! These patriotic star cookies form an easy and base to make homemade ice cream sandwiches!

Patriotic “Star” Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients:
- 5cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- Red & blue gel food coloring
- 1 pint (round container) vanilla ice cream, frozen
- Star Cookie Cutters
Directions:
Cream the soft butter with sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
Add all 4 eggs and vanilla, then mix.
Sift into the mixture the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until all the ingredients are thoroughly blended.
Divide your batter into thirds, placing each into separate bowls. Add red gel food coloring to one, blue gel food coloring to the next, and leave the third portion as is. Use your hands to knead the dough and evenly distribute the food coloring. Wrap each ball of dough in plastic wrap and cool in the refrigerator for at least one hour, or overnight.
Remove the dough from the fridge and allow to soften for 5-10 minutes. Roll out the dough on a floured counter. Flour the rolling pin and your hands. Knead each of the cookie dough balls until the dough doesn’t stick to your hands, adding a little bit of flour if needed. Then, knead together the three colors of dough until just combined for a tie-dye look or keep blending for a more mixed look, like we did for these cookies. It makes the dough resemble a bit of a fireworks look!
Roll out the cookie dough to about 1-2 cm thick, and use a large star cookie cutter to punch out star shapes in your dough. I really like this set for a variety of sizes! They can cut through fruit, sandwiches, cookie dough, or whatever else you can think of!
Place the dough cutouts onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake the cookies on the top rack of the oven at 300掳F for 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes, then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
Assemble the Cookies:
Cut the ice cream into 2 inch round pieces by cutting through the ice cream carton with the ice cream still inside.
Remove the carton from each ice cream circle and place the ice cream circle between two star cookies.
Return the cookie sandwiches to the freezer on a plate or cookie sheet for 15-30 minutes or until frozen. Frost with a colored glaze frosting to top off the cookies, if you’d like, or serve them as is.

Want another really fun, super easy and delicious patriotic recipe? Try our fruit pizza recipe next!
I am loving the star shape of this sandwich. Thanks for linking up on the #HomeMattersParty this week. Hope you will come back and link up again next week.
This looks so yummy, my daughter would have ones this.
These are such pretty Ice cream sandwiches, and I love how easy they are to make. We love ice cream sandwiches during the summer months, and these are great to make.
I love anything patriotic! This is an awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing at The Living with Style Linky Party! Be sure to come back next week! 馃檪
Ice cream sandwich/holiday perfection.I am loving your twist on these. Can鈥檛 wait to try!
Awesome! Who doesn’t like an ice cream sandwich treat on a hot summer day!
Thank you for sharing with us at the Brag About It Link Party!
~Laurie
I seen someone on Facebook Cut the ice cream like that and thought how smart! Looks like a fun dessert for the 4th!
These are too cute. I love homemade ice cream sandwiches, and using the star shape is perfect.
You know what I love the most about this? It looks like an ice cream sandwich. Using a round container and then slicing it keeps the ice cream sandwich in sandwich form, rather than having it in some unmanageable weird glob in the center.
These look amazing and sound like a great way to cool off on the 4th of July weekend! Very creative!
Love the idea of cutting through the ice cream carton. Makes it easier and is less messy when making ice cream sandwiches!
They look so cute and delicious!
Genius! I never would have thought to cut right through the ice cream! What a time saver. These are really cute and I think I could handle making them for sure. Happy 4th!