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Beat the butter, essence, icing sugar and egg in a small bowl with an electric mixer until mixture is light and fluffy.
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Mix together the almond meal, flour and cocoa powder and stir into the butter mixture until well combined and a soft dough has formed.
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Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
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Roll out dough between 2 pieces of baking paper until 3mm thick.
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Place paper and dough on a tray and freeze for 10 minutes.
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Cut shapes in dough with a cookie cutter.
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You can use any shape you like, as long as you can sandwich some ice-cream between it.
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Try heart shapes for a romantic occasion, rounds, stars or whatever!
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You need 12 cookies to make 6 sandwiches.
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Place shapes onto a greased oven tray and bake at 180 degree C for about 12 minutes.
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Remove from oven and leave cookies on tray for 5 minutes to firm up then transfer them carefully to a wire rack to cool completely.
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To serve, sandwich the cookies together with scoops of strawberry ice-cream (or another flavour if you prefer).
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Decorate with a dusting of extra cocoa powder and some fresh strawberries.
