Vanilla on Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
Vanilla Sandwich Cookies are crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and bursting with tons of real vanilla flavor ~ this easy cookie recipe is a hit with adults and kids alike.
Servings: 2 dozen
Ingredients
dry ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
wet ingredients
- 3/4 cup 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean
- 2 large eggs
vanilla filling
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- milk or cream for thinning
chocolate filling
- 1 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- milk or cream for thinning
Instructions
- set oven to 375F
- In a small bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside.
- Cream the butter, then beat in the sugar and vanilla bean seeds and beat until creamy.
- Beat in the eggs and blend well. Then add the dry ingredients and mix until just blended.
- Using a small scoop (1 inch) drop the dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet, 3 inches apart (these cookies will spread a bit).
- Bake for about 10 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden around the edges. Cool on the pan for a couple of minutes before moving them to a cooling rack.
- Fill the cooled cookies with the vanilla (or chocolate) filling and sandwich them together, pressing lightly to spread the filling to the edges of the cookie.
- To make the fillings, mix the ingrdients together until smooth and creamy. Add enough milk or cream to get a thick but spreadable consistency.
Notes
Filling variations
- Ready made jam
- Jarred caramel sauce
- Nutella
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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