There are so many fantastic ways to enjoy the summer sunshine, and none more so with a refreshing ice cream or a cold treat. These ones should definitely hit the spot...

By Walker’s Shortbread (www.walkersshortbread.com)

Strawberr y shortcake ice lollies

The sun's comingout

MAKES 8

1 carton of Walkers Highlander Shortbread

240ml (8½fl oz) milk

200g (7oz) strawberry purée

100g (3½oz) sugar

½ tsp vanilla extract

4-5 strawberries, puréed

1 Add the milk and sugar to a medium-sized saucepan and cook over a medium heat, stirring regularly until the sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.

2 Add the strawberry purée to a medium sized saucepan over a medium heat and cook until reduced by half, to about 1 cup. The mixture may come to a light boil, but you don’t really want it to start boiling a lot. Remove the strawberry mixture from the heat and add three-quarters of a cup of the milk mixture and stir to combine. Add the vanilla extract to the remaining milk and stir to ombine. Set aside.

3 Add a couple of strawberry slices to 8 ice lolly moulds, pressing against the insides of the mould. Add some of the strawberry mixture to the bottom of the ice lolly moulds, so they are one-third full. Freeze for about 1 hour.