Shamrock Ice Cream Sandwiches | Kid Friendly Things To Do

These Shamrock Ice Cream Sandwiches are such a fun treat for St. Patrick’s Day. Heck, they’d be a fun summertime dessert, too.

Shamrock Ice Cream Sandwiches

This recipe is really easy to make, but it’s best if done in stages

My advice on this dessert would be to make it two-three days ahead of time and break it up into easy stages
- Make the dough and cookies on day 1
- Then on day 2, add the filling.
- On day 3, you’re ready to serve

Are you ready to make these Shamrock Ice Cream Sandwiches? Let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need…

Ingredients for homemade ice cream sandwiches

(affiliate links)

[box] [/box]

Cute St. Patrick’s Day Dessert

Scale

preheat the oven to 350 degrees
in a medium bowl or mixer, combine the butter, sugars, egg yolk, and food coloring
in a smaller bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt
add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix well
roll dough between 2 sheets of wax paper
use a Shamrock shaped cookie cutter to make cookie shapes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Roll the dough out into an oblong shape that measures about 9″x12″
Use a Shamrock cookie cutter to cut out shapes and place the shapes onto ungreased cookie sheets (or sheets lined with parchment paper)
Bake for 8-10 minutes
Let cool completely before transferring to a plate or small tray that will fit into the freezer
pop the plate or plates into the freezer for at least 2 hours so cookies are cold

Let the ice cream warm up a bit at room temp. for about 10 minutes
take cookies out of the freezer
Scoop out about 4 Tbsp. of ice cream per cookie and gently spread the top to even it out
Gently press another cookie on top
Place the cookie sandwiches on a wax paper-lined tray with wax paper and place them in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight

*When rolling sticky dough, I like to place wax paper on my surface with a little bit of flour spread out
If you don’t have wax paper, make sure you refrigerate your dough for at least 1 hour to firm up before rolling out. You might need to use a little bit of flour to sprinkle on the dough to lessen the stickiness