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    Home » Recipes » Cookies

    Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

    By: Jessica · Posted: Nov 21, 2021 · Updated: Jan 5, 2023 · This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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    Total Time: 28 minutes
    Servings: 14 sandwiches
    sugar cookie sandwiches with sprinkles

    Sugar Cookie Sandwiches: These frosting filled cookie sandwiches are filled with a strawberry buttercream that’s easy to make, using simple ingredients!

    Quick Overview: Use a sugar cookie mix to speed things up and make this homemade strawberry frosting using only butter, strawberry fruit spread (or jam), and powdered sugar. (And sprinkles if you prefer!)

    This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tastefully Simple®, however, the opinions and text are all mine!

    sugar cookie sandwiches with sprinkles
    Sugar Cookies Sandwiches

    At Christmas time, sandwich cookies are super popular but I absolutely LOVE them for any time of year, and even Valentine’s Day! If desired, they’re an easy recipe and so fun to customize with sprinkles to match a party or special occasion that you’re hosting or to use Christmas sprinkles for a holiday theme!

    For this recipe, we wanted to tie in our favorite strawberry flavors, to make a strawberry buttercream filling but if you prefer chocolate filling, you can use this chocolate buttercream recipe!

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • How to Make Strawberry Buttercream
    • How to Assemble Sugar Cookie Sandwiches
    • Sprinkle Cookies
    • Can I use different cookies for this recipe?
    • Storage
    • Expert Tips and FAQ’s
    • More Holiday Cookies
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    Ingredients

    You can make your own sugar cookie recipe but honestly, for sugar cookie sandwiches, I prefer the Tastefully Simple® Ah, Sugar Sugar!™ Cookie Mix because:

    1. It’s easier.
    2. They’re the perfect combo of a crispy edge and create soft sugar cookies (which is important because when you’re biting in to a cookie sandwich that has cream filling, you don’t want a super hard, crispy cookie that will be hard to bite in to, causing the cream to go everywhere).

    COUPON CODE: Use code FTS10 on Tastefully Simple® to get 10% off of online purchases until December 31, 2021.

    ingredients for sugar cookie sandwiches
    Ingredients for Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

    See the full recipe card with ingredient amounts and instructions toward the bottom of the post!

    Sugar Cookies

    So if you’re using this sugar cookie mix, you’ll need:

    • sugar cookie mix (plus required ingredients)
    • butter (Tastefully Simple® sugar cookie mix ingredient)
    • milk (Tastefully Simple® sugar cookie mix ingredient)

    Cookie Filling Ingredients

    For the strawberry filling, there is nothing better than this quick, homemade strawberry buttercream recipe. It’s smooth, is the perfect consistency for a cream center and the flavor is out of this world!

    Here’s what you’ll need:

    • strawberry spread or jam (We used Tastefully Simple® Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread)
    • powdered sugar (or confectioners’ sugar)
    • butter
    • sprinkles, if desired

    Again, we prefer the Tastefully Simple® Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread for this recipe too because it’s really smooth to work with, and it’s not SUPER sweet like some brands you get from the store.

    Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread in a jar
    Tastefully Simple® Fruit Spread
    Fruit spread, butter and powdered sugar
    Powdered sugar, fruit spread, butter

    See the recipe card for full details, ingredients, and instructions, all in one place!

    Instructions

    1. First, preheat your oven to the temperature recommended by your sugar cookie recipe or sugar cookie mix. For the Tastefully Simple® Ah, Sugar Sugar!™ Mix, it’s 350°.
    2. Next, prepare your baking sheet. We use the Tastefully Simple® Baking Mat but you can use parchment paper or place the cookies right on a baking sheet.
      (The orange cloth you see pictured below, is the cleaning cloth that comes with the baking mat for best results for caring for the mat.)
    Tastefully Simple Baking Mat and Cleaning Rag
    Tastefully Simple® Baking Mat
    1. Mix together the sugar cookie mix, according to package directions.
    Sugar cookie dough mixed in bowl
    Sugar cookie dough
    1. Roll out SMALL sugar cookies, in to about 1 inch balls. (It may feel a little odd to make them so small but when filling with frosting, and topping with another sugar cookie, you’ll be glad you made the cookies smaller.)
    2. Place the sugar cookie balls on the baking sheet, about 2 inches apart and bake cookies according to package directions.
    Sugar cookie dough balls on cookie sheet
    Rolled sugar cookie dough on baking sheet

    How to Make Strawberry Buttercream

    1. Making sure your butter is softened, add the butter and fruit jam (or spread) to a mixing bowl and cream butter with jam until evenly mixed, using a stand mixer or a hand, electric mixer until evenly combined.
    Butter and Jam
    Butter and Fruit Spread
    Butter & Jam Mixed Together
    Butter and Fruit Spread Mixed
    1. Next, add in the powdered sugar and mix together on low speed, until you no longer see powdered sugar and it is evenly mixed. (You may need to stop the mixer so you can scrape down the sides of the bowl of a stand mixer half way through, mixing to incorporate all of the powdered sugar.)
    Add powdered sugar
    Add in powdered sugar
    Powdered sugar, jam and butter
    Strawberry Frosting

    How to Assemble Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

    1. When the cookies are finished baking, allow them to fully cool on cooling rack, before piping on the filling, or this could cause the buttercream to thin out and/or melt.
    2. When ready, place the strawberry frosting in to a piping bag (or you can simply spread on the filling if you do not feel comfortable using a piping bag), and pipe about a tablespoon of frosting on to the bottom of one cookie.
    Fill sugar cookies with frosting
    Sugar cookies for filling
    Strawberry filling in sugar cookie
    Strawberry Frosting on Cookie
    1. Next, grab the second cookie and place the bottom side of the cookie on top of the buttercream, creating a frosting-filled cookie sandwich.
    2. Gently push down to allow the creamy filling to push to the edges, so the buttercream is flush with the sides of the cookies.
    Strawberry Frosting Filled Sugar Cookies
    Sugar Cookie Sandwiches with Strawberry Filling

    Sprinkle Cookies

    If you prefer to decorate your sugar cookie sandwiches, you can carefully (do not squeeze the cookie too hard, as too much of the buttercream frosting could “ooze” out and drip down) pick the cookie sandwich up, turn sideways and gently roll the sandwich sideways in to a small dish of sprinkles… where the sprinkles will “stick” to the frosting. (See images below.)

    Dip sugar cookie sandwich in sprinkles
    Dip sugar cookie sandwich in sprinkles

    For Christmas, the red and green sprinkles look amazing paired with the pink frosting! Or, use your favorite colors of sprinkles for any type of look!

    Hand holding sugar cookie sandwich with sprinkles
    Sugar cookie sandwich with sprinkles

    When you take a bite, the soft sugar cookie will “give”, allowing a delicious bite of cookie and frosting all in one bite!

    Bite taken out of sugar cookie sandwich
    Soft cookie with cream filling

    Can I use different cookies for this recipe?

    Of course! Tastefully Simple® also has my favorite Peanut Butter Bliss™ Cookie Mix that gives a soft, perfectly round cookie, that’s delicious with this strawberry buttercream filling.

    You can also use other popular cookies such as snickerdoodle cookies or gooey butter cookies!

    Strawberry frosting filled cookies
    Strawberry Frosting Filled Cookie Sandwiches

    Storage

    If you have leftover sugar cookie sandwiches, it is recommended to refrigerate them, in an airtight container, since the buttercream filling is made with butter and fruit spread, which normally recommends refrigeration.

    Expert Tips and FAQ’s

    • When rolling out the sugar cookies, try to keep them as close to the same size as possible. Since you will be assembling them in to “sandwiches” it’s easier if the two cookies are close in size, so the filling won’t overlap.
    • Make sure the sugar cookies have fully cooled before assembling or the warm cookie could cause the buttercream to “thin out”, resulting in a mess.
    Do I need to use food coloring for sugar cookie sandwiches?

    You can use food coloring for the filling but we didn’t find it necessary as we loved the color the strawberry fruit spread provided.

    Can I turn these in to ice cream sandwiches?

    Absolutely! Once assembled, simply freeze the cookie sandwiches in an airtight container and enjoy frozen!

    What can I use to decorate these cookies instead of sprinkles?

    If you prefer, you can leave them without sprinkles or use something else such as mini chocolate chips, nuts, or crushed candy pieces.

    More Holiday Cookies

    Although you can have these sugar cookies all year long, they’re amazing during the holidays! So if you’re making a cookie platter or a few different types of cookie recipes this year, you’ll also love this chocolate cherry cookie recipe and these red velvet cake mix cookies!

    📖 Recipe

    Sugar cookie sandwiches recipe

    Sugar Cookie Sandwiches

    Jessica Burgess
    Sugar Cookie Sandwiches: These frosting filled cookie sandwiches are filled with a strawberry buttercream that's easy to make, using simple ingredients!
    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 13 mins
    Total Time 28 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 14 sandwiches
    Calories 420 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • sugar cookie mix & the ingredients required on package You'll be making sugar cookies according to the package directions, as all cookie mixes can be different. (We use Tastefully Simple® Ah, Sugar Sugar® Cookie Mix)
    • 1 cup butter 2 sticks (salted or unsalted)
    • 1/2 cup strawberry fruit spread or jam We use Tastefully Simple® Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread
    • 4 cups powdered sugar
    • sprinkles if desired
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    Instructions
     

    Sugar Cookies

    • Preheat oven to the temperature the sugar cookie mix directions call for.
    • Make sugar cookie dough according to package directions. STOP following directions, once dough has been created, just before rolling.
    • Using curved hands, roll sugar cookie dough in to about 1 inch balls, creating smooth, even balls of dough. (Ideally, you'll want them to be the same size as possible, as you'll be pairing them together for sandwiches.)
      NOTE: They may look and feel really small before baking but you don't want really large cookies when making sandwich cookies.
    • Bake the cookies according to the package directions, (we baked them for 13 minutes for Tastefully Simple® Ah, Sugar Sugar!® Mix)

    Strawberry Buttercream Filling

    • While cookies are baking, using a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix together the butter and fruit spread until evenly mixed.
    • Slowly, and in small batches, add in the powdered sugar to the butter/jam mixture, turn the mixer on "low", and gently mix together until evenly combined. NOTE: You may need to stop mixing halfway, to scrape the inside of the mixing bowl to incorporate any powdered sugar that needs mixed in.

    Assemble the Cookie Sandwiches

    • Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool completely before adding frosting.
    • If desired, place strawberry buttercream in to a piping bag with a wide tip. (This is not required. You can easily spread the frosting on to the cookies if that's easier.)
    • Once cookies have cooled completely, turn one sugar cookie upside down, with the bottom of the cookie facing up. Pipe on (or spread on) about a tablespoon of strawberry buttercream in to the center of the cookie.
    • Top with another cookie (placing the bottom of the cookie on top of the buttercream) creating a cookie sandwich.
    • Gently push town to allow the buttercream to push to the edges, so the buttercream is flush with the sides of the cookies.

    If Sprinkles are Desired

    • If decorating the sugar cookie sandwiches, after piping, carefully roll sides of cookie sandwiches in to a small dish that's filled with your favorite sprinkles.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 420kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 238mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 405IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

    Keywords buttercream sandwich cookies, frosting filled cookie sandwiches, sugar cookie sandwiches
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    1. Rebecca Hubbell says

      November 21, 2021 at 12:17 pm

      5 stars
      Had a box of this mix in the pantry and was looking for a fun way to spice it up, this was such a fun idea and my daughter loved making them with me!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        November 21, 2021 at 2:03 pm

        Yay!! That’s so great to hear. Thank you so much for trying this sugar cookie sandwich recipe and for letting us know!

        Reply
    2. Stephanie says

      November 21, 2021 at 6:08 pm

      5 stars
      Nice twist on a box mix! So cute and tasty!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        November 22, 2021 at 2:14 pm

        Awww, thank you so much Stephanie! So glad you liked them too!

        Reply
    3. Dana says

      November 21, 2021 at 6:46 pm

      The strawberry buttercream is truly delicious. I think these will look stunning on my Christmas cookie tray this year!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        November 22, 2021 at 2:16 pm

        Oh good Dana!! Thank you so much for letting us know!

        Reply
    4. Alex says

      April 22, 2022 at 9:15 am

      Your recipe calls for cups of butter that equal a stick . That needs fixing . A stick is normally half a cup . I’m going to try these today! Thank you for sharing ❤️

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        April 22, 2022 at 12:21 pm

        Hi Alex! Can you spot where this is mentioned? I’m not seeing it but it’s possible and I’d love to fix it if so!

        Reply

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