Name: Quick banana ice cream sandwiches
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200g peanut butter (crunchy or smooth is fine); 175g golden caster sugar; 75g dark chocolate chopped into chunks; 1 large egg; 3 bananas peeled, chopped and frozen in advance; 2 tbsp double cream; 1 tsp vanilla essence

200g peanut butter
(crunchy or smooth is fine)
175g golden caster sugar
75g dark chocolate
chopped into chunks
1 large egg

For the ice cream

3 bananas
peeled, chopped and frozen in advance
2 tbsp double cream
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

step 1
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line two large baking sheets with baking parchment. Put the peanut butter, sugar, ¼ tsp fine table salt and chocolate chunks in a bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon. Crack in the egg and mix again until the mixture clumps together and forms a dough.
step 2
Break off chunks of dough (about the size of a cherry tomato) and arrange them, spaced apart, on the sheets. Press the cookies down with the back of a fork to squash them a little. (The cookies can be frozen for up to two months – to cook from frozen, add an extra 1-2 mins to the cooking time.) Bake for about 12 mins until golden around the edges and paler in the centre. Leave to cool on the trays for 5 mins.
step 3
Meanwhile, put the bananas, cream and vanilla in a food processor and blend until they make a thick ice cream. Scoop into balls with an ice cream scoop, and sandwich between the cookies. Serve immediately.