Lemon Bar Cookie Ice Cream Sammies

This one is for YOU, Roster!!
(makes 25)

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 T. finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cream of tartar
1/4 t. fine* sea* salt
1 egg
1/2 t. vanilla
1&1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Foil
1&3/4 quarts vanilla bean* ice cream
10 oz. lemon curd (about 1 cup)
Plastic wrap
Lemon candies, crushed

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on med. speed 30 secs. Add sugar, 1. T. of the lemon peel, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Beat until combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Pat half the dough into a foil-lined 9x9x2" baking pan. Bake 12 mins. Using foil, lift cookie from pan. Cool on a wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. Soften ice cream. Fold in lemon curd and remaining lemon peel. Line the same baking pan with plastic wrap. Place one baked cookie square in pan. Spread with ice cream mixture. Top with remaining cookie square. Cover. Freeze 4 hours. Cut into 25 squares while frozen. Roll sides in crushed lemon candies. Wrap and freeze to store.

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