Ginger Cream Molasses Sandwich Cookies

By cindy sandberg
@cindyLs

I LOVE molasses cookies. Was trying to come up with a way to make them more "special" for the holidays and thought of sandwich cookies. The cream filling is not too sweet and the crystallized ginger the perfect special touch!

Rating:

★★★★★ 7 votes

Comments:

98 Comments

Serves:

Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Method:

Bake

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Notes from the Test Kitchen:
The combination of flavors in these cookie is just sooo good! Each cookie also has a lovely crystalline coating that is sure to brighten anyone's day. The Kitchen Crew - including yours truly - couldn't stop eating them.

Ingredients

3/4 c: butter
3/4 c: packed brown sugar
1: egg
1/2 c: molasses
2 1/2 c: all purpose flour
2 tsp: baking soda
1/4 tsp: salt
1 tsp: cinnamon
1 tsp: pumpkin pie spice (or 3/4 tsp ginger and 1/4 tsp nutmeg)
: turbinado sugar for rolling (regular granulated sugar can be used, but the turbinado is prettier and tastier)
1 c: mascarpone cheese
1 c: whipping cream
2 tsp: vanilla extract
1/4 c: powdered sugar
2-3 Tbsp: finely chopped crystalized ginger (to taste)

How to Make Ginger Cream Molasses Sandwich Cookies

Step-by-Step

1Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses.
2In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda and spices. Add to the butter mixture and mix well. Chill for one hour.
3Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a baking tray. Roll pieces of dough into small balls (about 3/4in). Roll the balls in the turbinado sugar and place on baking trays about 2 in. apart. Bake for 8-12 minutes, 'til set but still soft. Do not overbake.
4Remove from oven and cool on racks. While cookies are cooling, make cream filling: Beat together the cheese, the cream, the sugar and the vanilla just until soft peaks form(do not overbeat!).
5Gently fold in the crystalized ginger.
6When cookies are cool, spread bottom of one cookies with 1-2t. of filling and top with another cookie. Gently press together. Store in refrigerator (if they last longer than a day!)