You may have noticed how nostalgia us Dujour girls about summer. We believe it never has to end! That is why I give you the cutest, grown-up version of a childhood classic: Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Sandwiches. Instead of the ubiquitous chocolate cookie, I swapped it out for a sturdy shortbread cookie that’s easy as pie to bake up.  You smear a little Dulce de Leche on both sides of the cookie, add some vanilla ice cream, and voilâ, cold, sweet prettiness! The trick to perfectly looking ice cream sandwiches is buying ice cream in a box. This way you can slice the ice cream into slabs; then grab a cookie cutter and cut out perfect, circular pieces of ice cream to put in between your two cookies. Heck yes, summer!

Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Sandwiches

2 cans of sweetened condensed milk (or store bought Dulce de Leche)
1 cup of butter
1/2 cup of sugar
pinch of salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 box of vanilla ice cream

Method:

Remove the label from the sweetened condensed milk cans. Place the cans in a pot and cover completely with water. Bring the pot to a boil, lower the heat to a simmer and let simmer for about 2 ½ – 3 hours, making sure to add more water as necessary to keep the cans fully submerged in water. Remove the cans of dulce de leche from water and let cool to room temperature.

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Cream together butter, sugar and salt and add the flour and combine. Roll out the dough to ½ -inch on a lightly floured surface. Using a 2 ½ – inch round cutter, cut out shortbread cookies and place on a baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

To assemble the ice cream sandwiches, open the cans of dulce de leche. Note: since the ice cream was melting so fast, I decided to do two sandwiches at a time. Lay half of the shortbread cookies on a tray. Spread dulce de leche on one half of the cookies.  Grab ice cream and  cut off a 1/2 inch slice and lay on cutting board. Grab 2 inch round cutter and cut out ice cream. Place the ice cream on the cookie and top with the other half. Lightly press down and wrap in saran wrap and place in freezer until ready to serve. Repeat.