These Grinch-inspired gingerbread sandwich cookies are as pretty as they are tasty, with cream cheese frosting layered between two chewy ginger cookies.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas, cookies, Gingerbread
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Cooling Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 10
Calories 443kcal
Author Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Cost $12
Equipment
Electric mixer
Large Mixing Bowl
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Piping bag
Ingredients
3/4cupunsalted buttersoftened
2/3cupbrown sugar
1/3cupgranulated sugar
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/4cupmolasses
1egg
2 1/4cupflour
1teaspooncinnamon
1 1/2teaspoonsginger
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
Green Food Dye
Red Heart Sprinkles
3/4cupCream Cheese Frosting
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat.
To Make the Cookie Dough
Cream the softened butter, salt, brown sugar, and sugar together.
Add the molasses and egg to the creamed mixture and blend until smooth.
Add green food dye a few drops at a time to the bowl of batter until you have a dark green color.
Mix in the flour, cinnamon, ginger, and baking soda until well combined and a thick cookie dough.
To Make the Cookies
Use a Tablespoon to portion out 2-inch balls of dough.
Pour sugar onto a small plate. Take a round glass and press the bottom into the sugar (so that some of it sticks to the bottom of the glass) and use the glass to press the cookies so they are flat on top and have some of the sugar on top.
Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from oven to a wire cooling rack. While the cookies are still warm, press a heart sprinkle into the top of HALF of the cookies. Allow the cookies to cool.
Scoop the cream cheese frosting into a piping bag and cut the tip to about a ½ inch sized hole, or use a round tip.
Take the cookies that don't have a sprinkle on top and flip them upside down. Pipe frosting onto the bottom of them.
Take the cookies WITH the sprinkle on top and place them on the frosted cookies to form a sandwich.
Notes
Watch cookies closely when baking. You don’t want them to brown because it will affect the desired green color.Nutrition information is provided as an estimate only and may vary based on exact ingredients used and serving size.