Sugar Cookie Sandwiches: These frosting filled cookie sandwiches are filled with a strawberry buttercream that's easy to make, using simple ingredients!
sugar cookie mix & the ingredients required on packageYou'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)
1cupbutter2 sticks (salted or unsalted)
1/2cupstrawberry fruit spread or jamWe use Tastefully Simple® Rhubarb Strawberry Fruit Spread
4cupspowdered sugar
sprinklesif desired
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.