Toffee Sandwich Cookies

This is an adopted recipe that I haven't yet tried. The original chef comments: "My cousin JoAnn makes cookies better than anyone I know. (I'll bet even better than you!) When she comes to visit, she always brings a giant tupperware container full of freshly baked cookies. These are my favorite!"

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine, softened
• 1  cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups  English toffee bits or 1 1⁄2 cups  almond brickle chips

• Frosting

• 2⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 4  cups confectioners' sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 3 -5  tablespoons half-and-half cream or 3 -5  tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugars; add eggs and vanilla.
2. Combine dry ingredients and mix into butter/sugar mixture.
3. Stir in toffee bits.
4. Drop by teaspoon onto parchment-lined baking sheet.
5. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until firm (do not brown).
6. Cool on a rack and make little cookie sandwiches with the frosting.
7. FROSTING-.
8. Cream butter and add sugar and vanilla.
9. Add milk to reach spreading consistency.