Recipes and Cooking Desserts & Baking Cakes Tortes Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Torte Be the first to rate & review! Dulce de leche means "milk jam" and is sweetened milk that is cooked until it thickens into creamy caramel. This dessert includes dulce de leche ice cream on a buttery shortbread cookie crust. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on June 4, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 25 mins Freeze Time: 5 hrs Total Time: 25 mins Servings: 9 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 2 cup finely crushed purchased shortbread, or pecan shortbread cookies (about 10 oz.) 3 tablespoon butter, melted 2 pint dulce de leche ice cream ⅔ cup roasted, lightly salted cashews, coarsely chopped 1 recipe Pineapple Topping Pineapple Topping 2 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoon packed brown sugar 2 cup peeled, cored, and cubed fresh pineapple Directions In a medium bowl combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press half of cookie crumb mixture (about 1 cup) evenly onto bottom of an 8x8x1-7/8-inch disposable foil pan or a 9x9x2-inch baking pan. Set aside. Soften 1/2 the ice cream over cookie crumb layer in pan. Top with half of the nuts. Sprinkle remaining cookie crumb mixture over layers in pan. Cover and freeze for 1 to 2 hours or until firm. Soften remaining ice cream. Carefully spread ice cream over frozen layers in pan. Cover and freeze overnight or until very firm. To serve, top with remaining cashews. Cut into squares and serve with Pineapple Topping. Makes 9 servings. Pineapple Topping In a large skillet, melt butter. Add packed brown sugar; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add pineapple, stir to coat. Serve at once or cover and chill up to 3 days; reheat before serving. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 440 Calories 25g Fat 50g Carbs 6g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 9 Calories 440 % Daily Value * Total Fat 25g 32% Saturated Fat 10g 50% Cholesterol 41mg 14% Sodium 349mg 15% Total Carbohydrate 50g 18% Total Sugars 30g Protein 6g Vitamin C 12.4mg 62% Calcium 111.1mg 9% Iron 1.6mg 9% Potassium 146mg 3% Folate, total 36.3mcg Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.