Christmas sandwich creme cookies

By michellecresta

Ingredients

• FILLING:
• 1 cup butter (no substitute), softened
• 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• Sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Food coloring

Preparation

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, combine butter, cream and flour; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until dough is easy to handle. Divide into thirds; let one portion stand at room temp for 15 minutes (keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll out). On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with a 1 ½ inch round cookie cutter. Place cutouts in a shallow dish filled with sugar; turn to coat. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Prick with fork several times. Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes or until set. Cool on wired racks. For filling, in a mixing bowl, cream butter sugar. Add vanilla. Tint with food coloring. Spread about 1 teaspoon of filling over half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield 4 dozen.