Description
Soft pastel-colored sugar cookies sandwiched with a creamy vanilla filling. These sandwich sugar cookies are tender, colorful, and perfect for spring desserts or special occasions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Gel food coloring (pink, yellow, green, blue, purple)
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Whisk dry ingredients and add to dough with milk.
- Divide dough, tint with pastel colors, and roll into balls.
- Bake 8–10 minutes until edges are set and tops crack slightly.
- Cool cookies completely.
- Beat filling ingredients until fluffy.
- Sandwich cookies with vanilla filling and let set.
Notes
- Do not overbake to keep cookies soft.
- Use gel food coloring to avoid thinning the dough.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich cookie
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 55 mg