Indulge in the delightful symphony of flavors and textures that cream cookie sandwich hearts bring to your palate. These captivating treats consist of two delectable cookies embracing a luscious cream filling, creating a harmonious union of crispy and creamy sensations. Whether you prefer classic flavors or crave something more adventurous, a world of cookie and cream combinations awaits your culinary exploration. From the timeless charm of vanilla and chocolate to the tantalizing fusion of fruity fillings and nutty cookies, the possibilities are endless. Gather your ingredients, ignite your passion for baking, and embark on a delightful journey of taste and creativity.
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CREAM COOKIE SANDWICH HEARTS
These pretty pink-sugar-encrusted hearts sandwiched together with red-currant jelly are perfect for Valentine's Day. The secret to the cookies' sparkly pink coating is sanding sugar colored with a small amount of cherry-pink powdered food coloring.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 36 cookie sandwiches
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix flour, butter, cream, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Flatten dough into 2 equal discs, and wrap in plastic. Chill until firm, 2 to 3 hours.
- Arrange rack in middle of oven. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Line 3 baking sheets with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper.
- On a well-sugared surface, roll out dough, one half at a time, to a 1/8-inch thickness, continuously sprinkling sugar over the dough while rolling. Using a 2-inch heart-shaped cutter, cut out 72 heart shapes. Place 24 cookies on each baking sheet. Chill all cookies until firm, about 10 minutes.
- Bake cookies, one sheet at a time, until light golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
- In a small bowl, stir jelly until smooth. Place jelly in a small pastry bag fitted with a No. 11 plain round tip, and pipe 1/2 teaspoon per cookie on half of the cookies. Place remaining cookies on top to form sandwiches.
PINK HEART SANDWICH COOKIES
The pink hearts are made from a sugar-cookie dough; the chocolate hearts are a little denser. What holds these charming sandwich cookies together is a filling that will remind you of an Oreo. It's creamy, but granulated sugar gives it a tender crunch. (This is the corrected version of this recipe.)
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 3h25m
Yield Makes 51 (eighteen 1-inch sandwich cookies, eighteen 1 1/2-inch sandwich cookies, and fifteen 2-inch sandwich cookies)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat together butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, and gradually add flour mixture, beating until just incorporated. Remove from the mixer and and knead until a dough forms.
- Divide dough into 3 or 4 pieces, depending on how many shades of pink you would like the cookies to be. Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, add food coloring, 1 drop at a time, mixing and kneading to combine, until desired shade is reached; the more food coloring you add, the darker the color will be. Flatten each piece of colored dough into a disk, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to overnight. Bring to room temperature, about 10 minutes, before rolling.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees with racks in top and lower thirds. Roll out each disk of dough between 2 sheets of lightly floured parchment to just under 1/4 inch thick, adding more flour as needed to keep dough from sticking. Cut out 1-, 1 1/2-, and 2-inch heart shapes, making sure you have even numbers in each color and size for a total of thirty-six 1-inch, thirty-six 1 1/2-inch, and thirty 2-inch cookies, rerolling scraps once. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, and freeze until very firm, about 15 minutes.
- Bake until barely golden brown around edges, about 8 minutes for 1-inch cookies, 10 minutes for 1 1/2-inch cookies, and 12 minutes for 2-inch cookies, rotating halfway through. Let cookies cool completely on baking sheets set on wire racks. Spread or pipe (using a pastry bag and a small plain tip) filling onto bottom side of half the cookies, and sandwich with remaining cookies, pressing gently. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.
CHOCOLATE "I SCREAM" COOKIE SANDWICHES
I used chocolate to make a screaming ghost face design on these Halloween-themed ice cream cookie sandwiches, just so I could do a play on words.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Sandwich Cookies
Time 1h30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Cover the flat side of 4 cookies with melted dark chocolate; tap the cookies lightly to smooth out the chocolate.
- While still wet, use a piping bag or spoon to make a ghost shape with the white chocolate; tap lightly once more to smooth as needed. More white designs can be added to the dark chocolate background if desired.
- Use melted dark chocolate to make the eyes and screaming mouth; tap or shake once more to even and smooth out.
- Let chocolate cool until hard and dry to the touch, at least 1 hour.
- Scoop ice cream on 4 remaining cookies, and cover with the tops. Carefully press to flatten, and transfer to a freezer to freeze thoroughly before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 500.5 calories, Carbohydrate 63.6 g, Cholesterol 8.6 mg, Fat 26.2 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 254.7 mg
HEART SANDWICH COOKIES
Delightfully display your affection for loved ones! Heart-shaped cookies have a little spark thanks to a cinnamon candy filling.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter, granulated sugar and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in milk and vanilla, scraping bowl frequently, until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour and baking powder until well mixed, scraping bowl frequently.
- Shape dough into 2 equal halves; wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten each to 1/2-inch thickness. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 400°F. On generously floured surface, roll out 1 half of dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with small (2-inch) heart-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cookies 1 inch apart. Sprinkle glitter on cookies. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Repeat with remaining half of dough, except do not sprinkle with glitter. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat candies and water to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered about 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until candies are melted. Remove from heat. Using wire whisk, stir in butter and powdered sugar, 1/3 cup at a time, until smooth.
- Spread or pipe heaping teaspoon filling in center of flat side of each undecorated cookie. Press decorated cookie over filling; press firmly to secure.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 110, Carbohydrate 18 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 35 mg, Sugar 14 g, TransFat 0 g
LINZER HEART SANDWICH COOKIES
Linzer heart sandwich cookies add a bit of pizazz to any dessert table and they're a breeze to make! The shortbread-like dough rolls so easily and doesn't require any chilling before baking. You can substitute a variety of jams for filling these cookies for a beautiful mix of colors and flavors.
Provided by Dan Langan
Categories dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 16 to 18 sandwich cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon zest. Mix on low to combine, then raise to medium speed and cream until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined, about 30 seconds.
- Scrape the bowl and mix another few seconds. Add the all-purpose flour and almond flour and blend on low until combined. The dough will be very stiff. Once mixed, use your hand to incorporate any remaining flour by pressing and turning the dough around in the bowl.
- Take about half of the dough and roll out between two pieces of parchment to about 1/8 inch thick. Use a light sprinkling of all-purpose flour if the dough sticks to the parchment.
- For the cookie tops, cut out 16 to 18 cookies with a floured 2 3/4-inch heart-shaped cutter and arrange on one of the prepared baking sheets. Cut out the center of each solid heart with a smaller (such as 1 3/4-inch) heart-shaped cutter.
- For the cookie bottoms, gather the scraps and the other half of the dough and reroll. Cut out 16 to 18 more 2 3/4-inch hearts. Leave them solid and arrange on the second prepared baking sheet (see Cook's Note).
- Bake the cookie tops, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking, until golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Bake the solid heart cookie bottoms, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking, until golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely on the trays before filling.
- Lightly dust the cookie tops with confectioners' sugar and set aside.
- Use a butter knife or small offset spatula to spread 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of jam over each cookie bottom. Carefully add the cookie tops. Place the remaining jam into a resealable plastic bag, snip off the end and pipe a bit into the center of each heart to fill in the space. The sandwich cookies can be store in a single layer in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Tips:
- Use fresh and high-quality ingredients to ensure the best taste and texture of your cream cookie sandwich hearts.
- Make sure the butter and cream cheese are softened to room temperature before creaming them together. This will help create a smooth and creamy filling.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before rolling and cutting it. This will help prevent the dough from spreading too much in the oven.
- Bake the cookies for just until the edges are golden brown. Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
- Let the cookies cool completely before filling them. This will help prevent the filling from melting and making the cookies soggy.
- If you don't have a heart-shaped cookie cutter, you can use a round cutter and then trim the cookies into hearts with a knife.
- You can use any flavor of frosting or filling you like between the cookies. Some popular options include chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and peanut butter.
- Decorate the cookies with sprinkles, nonpareils, or other decorations before serving.
Conclusion:
Cream cookie sandwich hearts are a delicious and festive treat that are perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or any other special occasion. They are easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With a little creativity, you can create beautiful and unique cream cookie sandwich hearts that will impress your friends and family. These cream cookie sandwich hearts are a great way to show your loved ones how much you care. They are also perfect for bake sales, parties, and other gatherings. So next time you are looking for a sweet and festive treat, give these cream cookie sandwich hearts a try!
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