My Grandmas Flaky Christmas Sandwich Cookies

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 Food coloring, red and green
  • 1 Granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup Powdered confectioner's sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract, pure

• Dairy

  • 1 1/4 cup Butter
  • 1/3 cup Heavy or whipping cream

Found on cookswithcocktails.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, softened
• ⅓ cup heavy or whipping cream
• Granulated sugarFOR THE FILLING
• ¾ cup powdered (confectioner’s) sugar
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Food coloring (red and green)

Directions

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, butter and whipping cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
• On a lightly floured surface, using your rolling pin, roll out ⅓ of the dough at a time ⅛-inch thick. Cut dough with your favorite xmas cookie cutter.
• Cover a large piece of wax paper or a plate with a generous layer of sugar. Using a spatula, transfer cookies on to the sugar. Carefully dip each cookie to coat it with sugar. Place the cookie, sugar side up, on an cookie sheet lined with parchment or an ungreased sheet and prick each one with a fork 3 or 4 times.
• Bake approximately 7 to 9 minutes or just until set but not brown; remove from oven. Remove from cookie sheet to a wire cooling rack and let cool completely.
• Make Creamy Filling; set aside.
• When cookies are cool, spread approximately ½ teaspoon Creamy Filling on a cookie, then press another cookie against the filling to make sandwiches. Repeat with remaining cookies.FOR THE FILLING
• In a medium-size bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract, beating until smooth. Divide the filling between two bowls and color each with a few drops of food coloring to make pink and light-green filling. NOTE: Thin with a little milk or water (a few drops) if necessary.
• Makes about 5 dozen cookies.