These are sandwich cookies and you can make any shape you like using cookie cutters of two sizes.
Here's the recipe (makes around 12 sandwiches):
Ingredients:
16 tablespoons (or 226.8 grams, or 1 cup, or two sticks) of unsalted butter
2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Sandwich Filling:
Jam or Nutella or whatever filling you like!
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Cut baking/wax paper to fit your baking tray.
2. Beat butter and sugar till fluffy
3. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla, and then flour and salt
4. Shape dough into a big lump. Portion out enough to work with and fill a baking tray. Wrap in clingwrap and refrigerate the rest of the dough.
5. Roll out the dough on baking/wax paper to around 1/8" thickness (around 3-4 mm). Use cookie cutter to cut out shapes (we used heart, bear and star shapes!). To make cookie windows (so that your jam or Nutella peeps through), use a smaller cookie cutter to cut a hole in the middle of the bigger cookie. (see Note 1 below)
6. After preparing the shapes, simply lift the paper and place onto the baking tray. (see Note 2 below) Make sure that the dough is flat and not bent.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cookies turn golden brown.
8. Leave the cookies to cool, and then sandwich jam or Nutella between the bigger cookie and the window.
9. Ready to eat!
Note 1: It might be a good idea to make the windows in slightly thicker dough, since they are narrow and more fragile after baking.
Note 2: We tried using a Silpat sheet to shape our dough on, but the transfer process onto the baking tray was more difficult, since the dough broke its shape easily. Probably due to lack of skill though.
Photos from our adventure:
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| Cutting cookie shapes |
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