It's been a long time since I wrote a new article for this blog, so I thought it would be a good time to start. I made an icebox cake, and old fashioned delicious dessert.
First, I made my chocolate wafers. They don't sell "famous chocolate wafers" around here, though I know they are available at some stores and online. I love to do copycat recipes, so I looked at many recipes on various cooking blogs for thin crisp chocolate cookies.
Most of the recipes were similar, and I think I picked the one that seemed the best. None of them have eggs in them, which I found interesting. Flour, butter, baking soda, vanilla extract, salt, unsweetened cocoa, and milk. I chose a recipe that didn't need a food processor, because I don't have one. Less of a hassle to just mix by hand anyway.
The cookies dough gets shaped into a roll, then chilled a couple of hours or more. Slice thin, bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
The cookies were tasty, but I don't think they were as good as the Nabisco wafers I was trying to copy. Not as crisp. But since I was going to use them to make an icebox cake it was a moot point.
Icebox cakes are easy to assemble. I was doing mine from memory, and my memory was unreliable. I had two long rows of cookies, and I should have had three short rows to have a true "zebra effect" when sliced. I used cool whip, for convenience and because it holds up well and doesn't separate the way real cream does. But real cream would certainly taste better!
Cover the rows of cookies with remaining cream, and chill overnight before chilling and serving. Use a loaf pan for ease of stacking.
Anyway, here are some pictures. It was fun to make something different for dessert!
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