These Soft Sugar Cookie Sandwiches are soft, chewy, and filled with a light vanilla butter free frosting. This is an easy small batch dessert that is perfect to celebrate any special occasion or holiday. Add fun sprinkles for a delicious, and festive, dessert!
Easy 4th of July Dessert
Any way you slice it, I like to keep my desserts pretty simple for summer holidays, and these Soft Sugar Cookie Sandwiches are a perfect example of that! I mean, all we are really doing is whipping up a small batch of soft sugar cookies and filling them with Vanilla butter-free frosting. And of course, some festive red, white, and blue sprinkles. Anytime you adorn a dessert with sprinkles, it looks like you spent hours creating your baking masterpiece. Am I right?!
Tips For Making Soft Sugar Cookie Sandwiches
- The cookie dough does not need to be chilled – You can certainly refrigerate the dough if you like (and that tends to be my preference for cookie dough). But it is not required.
- You can make the cookie sandwiches ahead of time – This is not a dessert that is best enjoyed straight from the oven. The frosting will melt if you do that.
- The vanilla frosting filling can be made ahead of time – Or, you could even buy a delicious tub of ready-made frosting. I won’t judge.
- No need for fancy piping or decorations – Unless you want to. But the frosting can be spooned on (you’re covering it with sprinkles), and the decoration star is the delightful sprinkles.
- These cookies are sweet – Sugar Cookie + Vanilla Frosting + Sprinkles = Sweet. If you want to cut back on the sweetness, I recommend piping a thin layer of the frosting on the cookie.
Soft Sugar Cookies
I will be honest – I prefer soft cookies over crunchy cookies. Unless they are Biscoff or Thin Mints. However, if you prefer a crunchier cookie, bake the cookies for a couple of extra minutes. I would advise you to watch them closely though, so the bottom of the cookies does not get too brown.
Soft Sugar Cookie Sandwiches
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk (room temperature)
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Vanilla Butter Free Frosting (or any frosting you prefer!)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and adjust the oven rack to the middle position. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, add the butter and sugar. Use a handheld mixer on medium speed to cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy – about 3-5 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla, and continue to beat until fully mixed and smooth.
- In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. You can also sift the dry ingredients over the wet ingredients (to use one less bowl), using a mesh strainer or sifter.
- Mix the cookie dough on medium-low speed until no dry streaks remain. Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop 10 even size cookie balls spaced at least 2-inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 9 minutes, or until the edges just start to turn golden. If you want a crunchier cookie, bake for 2 extra minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet set on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to the wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cookies are baking and cooling, make the Butter Free Frosting – Spoon, spread, or pipe equal amounts of frosting on 5 of the cookies to make the cookie sandwiches, and coat the edges of the frosting with sprinkles of your choice. Enjoy!
RECIPE NOTES
- These cookies are sweet – Sugar Cookie + Vanilla Frosting + Sprinkles = Sweet. If you want to cut back on the sweetness, I would recommend only piping a thin layer of the frosting around the edge of the cookie.
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