What to serve with Salted Caramel Ice Cream?

[isabelle315]

I'm having some family visit this weekend, and I made Chow's Salted Caramel Ice Cream for dessert one night. It is delicious, but I feel like I should have something with it - a simple cookie, maybe - nothing fancy. Something crunchy to go with the smooth, creamy ice cream. But I can't decide what flavor would go best.

I was thinking a simple chocolate cookie, or a shortbread? What would you do?

[c oliver]

I love these ginger cookies with pecans.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe...

One of my favorite toppings for a special ice cream is a tiny drizzle of very good evoo. Meyer lemon is my fave.

[katydid13]

Brownies!

[melpy]

I second this. Salted caramel vanilla is one of my favorite flavors. One of the restaurants was doing it over a warm brown sundae. The brownie warm with the I've cream should be sufficient.

[luciaannek]

A spoon.

Now but seriously you could go a lot of directions with this. You can keep it sweet-savory, or go sweet. I love sweet-savory short breads. It might be fun to do a black pepper shortbread to go with the salt in the caramel. You can also go more traditional with a pecan or almond short bread.

I'd skip the chocolate it might compete with your carefully crafted caramel. I think some kind of shortbread in the way to go.

[BananaBirkLarsen]

Salt caramel and pepper shortbread! That's brilliant! I'm going to have to steal this sometime.

[chefathome]

My vote would be shortbread. And maybe some candied bacon...

[kattyeyes]

For a simple chocolate cookie, these sound good:
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipe...

I've made cookies like these previously (variation on the Payard flourless chocolate cookie) and they were great. I think nice, dark chocolate cookie would be a lovely pairing. I also kinda want to make these again myself. :)

[mamachef]

Dark chocolate crackle cookies. Yum.

[goodhealthgourmet]

i vote for chocolate - shortbread, or the florentines chowser suggested, or chocolate tuiles, or brownies...or make ice cream sandwiches with it using chocolate cookies.

[chowser]

What about an almond lace cookie?

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Almond-Lace-Cookies-103403

Or if you want to go the chocolate route, along those lines, a florentine.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/fo...

I'd also like something simple like a madeleine or macaron (not macaroon).