sweetheart sandwich cookies

Recipe by
Jane Kaylie
Los Angeles, CA

These vanilla pepper mint filling based sandwich cookies are my baking sweetheart. Chocolate decadence makes them extra ordinarily yummy.

yield 36 cookies
prep time 10 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For sweetheart sandwich cookies

  • 1/4 lb
    unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 c
    salt
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 1 Tbsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1/2 c
    unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 4 Tbsp
    unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 4 c
    confectioner's sugar

How To Make sweetheart sandwich cookies

  • 1
    To make the cookies, cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until light. Beat in eggs and vanilla; set aside. Sift the cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together.
  • 2
    Stir the dry ingredients thoroughly into the butter mixture. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours. Preheat the oven to 375 F and butter 2 cookie sheets.
  • 3
    Using a teaspoon measure, roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on the sheets. Bake for 10 to 15 mins, until cookies are puffed and surfaces slightly dry and cracked. Cool on racks.
  • 4
    To make the filling, cream the butter until light. Beat in the vanilla and powdered sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the consistency is like creamy frosting.
  • 5
    Makes about 3 dozen sandwiches.
  • 6
    Variation : For half a batch of vanilla-filled and half a batch of peppermint-filled cookies, add ⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract to half the filling. Tint the peppermint filling pink or green before filling half the sandwiches.
  • 7
    Enjoy the recipe @@ http://goo.gl/OKC6vp
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