Cream Wafers

These yummy cookies are so cute and very delicate. My family has always made these cookies at Christmas time, and made a red and green filling. But I found that making them once a year wasn't enough, so I've been known to make them once a month! You'll love them!

• Ready In: 1 hr 37 mins
• Yields: 48 cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups flour
• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 1⁄3 cup heavy whipping cream
•  sugar

• Creamy Filling

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
•  food coloring, if desired

Directions

1. Mix flour, butter, and whipping cream.
2. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
3. Preheat oven to 375 (F).
4. Roll 1/3 of the dough at a time on a floured surface.
5. Roll the dough until it is 1/8 inch thick.
6. Cut dough into 1 1/2 inch rounds (or by using the opening of a shot glass).
7. Dip both sides of cookie in sugar.
8. Place sugared cookies on ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Prick each cookie about 4 times with a fork.
10. (This allows air to escape from the cookie while baking, so it can rise.) Bake cookies in preheated oven for 7-9 minutes, until set but not brown.
11. Remove cookies from sheet and allow to cool completely.
12. Meanwhile prepare the creamy filling.
13. Creamy Filling: Mix all ingredients until smooth.
14. Smooth about a teaspoon of the filling onto a cookie, and top with another cookie.
15. Keep cookies refrigerated for up to 7-10 days.
16. if they last that long!