Molasses Sandwich Cookies
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
30
ingredients
-
Cookies
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1⁄4 cup light unsulphured molasses
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Creamy Molasses Filling (Makes 1 1/2 cups)
- 12 tablespoons softened butter
- 3 tablespoons light unsulphured molasses
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- COOKIES: In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
- Beat sugar and butter until combined.
- Beat in egg, then molasses, until smooth.
- Gradually add flour mixture until a dough forms.
- Drop rounded measuring teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased (or parchment-lined) baking sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake until centers are dry to the touch, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- FILLING: Whisk butter with molasses until smooth.
- Gradually whisk in confectioners' sugar; whisk until smooth and spreadable.
- Spread a rounded measuring teaspoonful of filling on the flat side of a cookie; place another cookie on top, and gently press. Repeat until all cookies are filled.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 day, or refrigerate up to 3 days (cookies may soften during refrigeration).
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Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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