Gingerbread Cookie Sandwiches
Gingerbread Cookie Sandwiches is a vegetarian recipe with 16 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 275 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. A mixture of baking soda, milk, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the flour, bakingsoda, salt, and spices; set aside. In the bowlof a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugarstogether until they appear light and fluffy.
Add the egg and mix to combine.
Add themolasses and mix to combine, scraping downthe sides of the bowl once if needed.
Working in three batches, add the dry ingredients,mixing between each addition untiljust incorporated.
Remove the dough andturn it out onto a sheet of plastic wrap; forminto a disk, wrap tightly and refrigerate untilfirm, at least 2 hours. (Dough can be made upto 1 day ahead.)
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Remove the doughand cut it in half. Re-wrap one half and placeback in the fridge; let the other sit at roomtemperature a few minutes to soften slightly.Lightly flour a work surface and your rollingpin, and roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.Using cookie cutters, cut out the gingerbreadmen, and transfer to the prepared sheets.(If the dough feels very soft, refrigerate thegingerbread men on the baking sheet for15 minutes before placing in the oven tobake.)
Bake until cookies appear firm and likethey're just starting to crisp, 12 to 15 minutes.
Remove and let cool on the sheet 5 minutes,then transfer to racks to cool completely.
Meanwhile, make the sandwich filling. Beattogether the butter, vanilla, and salt untilfluffy.
Add the confectioners' sugar in 2batches and beat on low speed until incorporated.
Add the milk and beat until the mixtureis thick but spreadable, adding more milk in1 teaspoon increments as needed.
Spreadsome of the icing onto half of the cooledgingerbread men; sandwich each with anothercookie.
Reprinted with permission from Family Celebrations with the Cake Boss by Buddy Valastro, © 2013 Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.