{Photo credit: Epicurious}Happy Friday! How adorable are these little sandwich cookies? I love anything mini and anything that glitters so these are perfect. I am having a baking party with my sister tomorrow and these may end up on the list.
Glittering lemon sandwich cookies (recipe from Epicurious)
Ingredients
For Cookies
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla
White and colored sanding sugars
For Filling
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
Special Equipment:
a heavy-duty sealable bag
Make Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk together flour, cornstarch, and salt.
Beat together butter and confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, then beat in zest and vanilla. At low speed, mix in flour mixture just until a soft dough forms.
Put sanding sugars in different bowls. Roll a scant teaspoon of dough into a ball and drop into sugar, turning to coat. Reshape if necessary and transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat, spacing balls 3/4 inch apart, until baking sheet is filled.
Bake until tops are slightly cracked but still pale (bottoms will be pale golden), 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies on parchment to a rack to cool completely.
Form and bake more cookies on second baking sheet.
Make Filling and Sandwich Cookies:
Beat together all filling ingredients in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until combined well. Transfer to sealable bag and snip off a corner.
Turn over half of cookies and pipe about 1/2 teaspoon filling on flat side of each. Sandwich with remaining cookies, pressing gently.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for visiting Eat Drink Pretty today!
These are adorable! Let's make these for sure!
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These are the cutest! Why is tiny food always adorable? (Except I hate the tiny corns. They totally can ruin a perfectly delicious bowl of chow mein for me.)
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! I can't resist lemon and they look so pretty. I am literally making these now today - thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeletemini AND glittery, I'm so adding to my list!
ReplyDeleteSo cute you could eat them by the handful! :) Have fun tomorrow - that sounds like an excellent way to spend a Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThese are very pretty and I would love to have them around the house this holiday season...but I seriously kirk out at recipes with more than 5 ingredients (I'm not very domestic) But that's why I check in here everyday...to see the things I aspire to be/do/bake/cook/create :)
ReplyDeleteThose are adorable!! And I'm sure they are super tasty too! :)
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