Martha Monday: Coconut Cream Sandwiches

Yours truly got to pick this week's Martha Monday project.  I had originally planned to go with this.  But I figured everyone would be mad at me if I actually made them clean their stove top AND oven with the same precision Martha requires.  So, instead I chose these.  Coconut Cream Sandwiches.

Can you tell I've been on a coconut kick lately?

I was worried that this cookie would be a real flop.  Really it's a shortbread.  A coconut shortbread.  But my cookie dough just wasn't coming together.  It never did make a cohesive ball in the mixer.  I had to sculpt it into a rectangular mass with my hands.  I guess that's why Martha has you wrap the log in plastic and freeze it.  Once frozen for a bit, it did actually stay together.

As for baking them, DO NOT follow Martha's directions.  I did.  And I burned the first batch.  Twenty to twenty-five minutes is waaaaaaay too long for these babies to bake.  Mine were done at 14 minutes.

Vanilla ice cream was sandwiched between two cookies and a creamy treat was born.  I really liked them even though my ice cream smushed out the sides while I ate it.  These would be great with all kinds of frozen concoctions . . . chocolate ice cream, mango sorbet.

Check out some of the other Martha Monday participants to see what their results were!  And check out the recipe for these cookies.