Piña Colada Gelato Sandwiches

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup White Sugar
• 1/2 cup Light brown Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup desiccated unsweetened Coconut
• 3/4 cup dried pineapple flakes
• 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Talenti Caribbean Coconut Gelato (Link opens in new window.), slightly softened
• Additional Toasted Coconut flakes for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine room temperature butter and both sugars in a bowl and beat together for about 1-2 minutes, until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time. Continue to beat in vanilla extract, dried coconut, and dried pineapple .
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Add to wet ingredients and fold together until batter is smooth and flour is fully incorporated.
3. Using a large cookie scoop, roll out as many cookie balls out of the dough as possible. Flatten each dough ball very thinly into the palm of your hand. Bake for 14-15 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack.
4. Transfer the softened gelato onto a pan and spread into an even layer using a spatula. Place in the freezer for 2-3 hours until hardened
5. Using a round cookie cutter cut rounds of gelato and sandwich each round between two cookies carefully.
6. Roll the gelato sandwich in toasted coconut. Enjoy!

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