Yield: 1 dozen cookies and 1 pint of ice cream
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 3 hours
Ease of Preparation: easy

Recipe courtesy Pastry Chef Karen DeMasco, 'Wichcraft, New York City

Ingredients:

For Grape Jelly Ice Cream:
1 vanilla bean, split
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream
9 egg yolks
1 cup Concord grape jelly

For Peanut Butter Cookies:
1 1/2 cups butter
2 cups oats
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

For peanut butter filling:
3 oz. butter
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter

Instructions:

To make the ice cream:

1. Split and scrape the seeds of the vanilla bean into sugar and use your fingers to spread seeds throughout.
   
2. Bring milk, cream and half the sugar to a boil.
   
3. Whisk the rest of the sugar with yolks.
   
4. Temper yolks by gradually whisking in about 1/2 cup of the hot cream mixture. Whisk the tempered yolks back into the remaining cream and strain through a fine sieve or chinois. Chill. Process the ice cream in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. When done, fold the grape jelly into the ice cream.

To make the cookies:

1. Preheat the oven to 325F.
   
2. Melt butter and add oats and cook over medium heat until toasted, about 5-7 minutes. Chill.
   
3. Cream butter, baking soda, salt and sugars until fluffy. Add peanut butter.
   
4. Add oats, then flour on low speed.
   
5. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out desired shapes and place on sheet pan.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

To assemble the dish:

1. Make the filling by creaming all the ingredients together and chilling.
   
2. Spread filling on one cooled cookie and top with another cookie to sandwich together.
   
3. Continue for the rest of the cookies. Serve with a scoop of grape jelly ice cream.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. Fine Living has not tested this recipe in the proportions indicated and therefore cannot make any representation as to the results.