Your favorite cake in the form of a sandwich cookie: Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies with Cream-Cheese Filling.
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
2014-10-27 21:00:52
Yield: 20 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 11⁄2 cups sugar, divided
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons natural unsweetened cocoa
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- Red gel food coloring
- 1 recipe Cream-Cheese Filling (recipe follows)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat butter and 1 cup sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer. Add egg and vanilla, beating until well blended.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- Add flour mixture 1⁄2 cup at a time to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Add desired amount of red gel food coloring, stirring well. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Using your hands, roll dough into 11⁄2-inch balls. Roll balls in remaining 1⁄2 cup sugar. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets; flatten slightly with a spatula.
- Bake until slightly soft, 7 to 9 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks, and let cool completely. Spread Cream-Cheese Filling on flat side of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie, flat side toward filling. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling.
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Cream Cheese Filling
2014-10-27 21:02:01
Yield: approximately 1 1⁄2 cups
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, beating well.
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My cookies keep coming out flat.
Hi! We’re so sorry to hear this! Are you making sure to refrigerate the dough before baking?
How much cocoa should be used? On the recipe I am viewing, it does not say.
Thanks for asking! The recipe calls for 2 tablespoons (we’ve fixed the formatting error that was causing the problem. It should appear correctly now.)