Peppermint Shortbread Cream Cheese Cookie Sandwiches
These buttery and soft Peppermint Shortbread Cream Cheese Cookie Sandwiches are the perfect Christmas cookie this season!
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
- Yield: 24-26 servings
Ingredients
|| Peppermint Cookie ||
3 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
2 drops Americolor dusty rose food coloring
3 cups flour
|| Cream Cheese Filling ||
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cream the butter, sugar, salt, extract and food coloring together until smooth. Add the flour a once and mix until combined.
Place dough between to large pieces of parchment and roll out about 1/4th of an inch thick. Place in the fridge on an even surface.
Chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cut dough into circles using a small biscuit cutter. Place the cookie back in the fridge for another 10 minutes if they start to soften. Arrange on a cookie sheet a few inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet.
In a standing mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth and uniform. Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla and continue to cream for another minute. Place into a piping bag.
Pipe the frosting onto half of the cookies and sandwich them together.
Dust with powdered sugar.
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