This Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Dessert is super easy to make. It is such an elegant dessert, they’ll think you slaved all day in the kitchen.
What is Dulce de Leche?
Dulce de Leche (sweet made of milk in Spanish) is a caramelized milk, and is considered a confection in Latin America. It is made by slowly heating sugar and milk over a period of several hours. This produces a spreadable sweet sauce.
We are not going to make our own. Today you can purchase Dulce de Leche in the can with the sweetened condensed milk. Or, you can substitute caramel sauce which you may already have at home.
The graham cracker crust.
This Dulce de Leche ice cream dessert recipe calls for a prepared graham cracker crust. You can keep it super simple by buying a graham cracker pie crust. (Then you can call it Dulce de Leche ice cream pie. 😉)
To make your own graham cracker crust on the bottom of a rectangular pan, or in a pie plate:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine 2 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup of melted butter and 1/4 cup of sugar
- Press mixture onto bottom of ungreased rectangular pan (and up the sides of a 9″ pie plate).
- Bake until crust is lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Completely cool on a wire rack before using.
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Dessert Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 c Blue Bunny salted caramel craze ice cream (softened)
- 1 prepared graham cracker crust
- 3 red apples
- 8 Tbsp Dulce de Leche sweetened condensed milk (or caramel sauce)
- 1½ tsp lemon juice
- ¼ c roasted salted pecan halves
Instructions
- Spread softened ice cream evenly in crust; cover and freeze at least 4 hours or until solid.
- Ten minutes before serving, remove from freezer; uncover and set aside.
- For glazed apples: thinly slice apples, leaving peel on. In large nonstick skillet over medium heat toss apples with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons caramel syrup. Cook just until apples soften but still maintain their shape, about 10 minutes, turning often. Put apple slices in a bowl to prevent overcooking while you prepare desserts.
- Cut into 8 slices; top each with about 1/3 cup glazed apples. Drizzle with 1 Tbsp Dulce de Leche syrup and sprinkle with pecans. Serve immediately.
Source:
Recipe and photo courtesy of Blue Bunny Ice Cream
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