Caramel Creme Sandwich Cookies

Submitted by Mark H.

"These are my all-time favorite cookies. The recipe is my mother's. She usually makes them at Christmas, but I say make them anytime. After all, there is no bad time for good cookies."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 40-48 cookies

ingredients

• COOKIES

• 1 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour

• CREME FILLING

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 1⁄4 cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 -5 teaspoons evaporated milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Cream 1 cup butter, then slowly add brown sugar and cream well.
3. Blend in egg yolk, then stir in flour.
4. Continue stirring until a ball of dough forms.
5. Chill dough for easier handling.
6. Shape dough into balls the size of large marbles.
7. Flatten each ball of dough to about 1/8" thickness using palm of hand.
8. Mark each cookie by pressing with a fork.
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
10. While cookies are baking, slightly brown 3 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan.
11. Remove saucepan from heat and blend in powdered sugar.
12. Gradually add vanilla and evaporated milk, stirring until a spreading consistency is achieved.
13. Spread filling on one cookie, then top with a second cookie.
14. Pour a tall glass of cold milk and enjoy the cookies.

Reviews

[ltdsaloon16r]

These are melt in the mouth delicious. I hated having to use two to make one cookie!

 

[Arema Phi]

These cookies are pretty good and fun! I found it easier to slide a fork down the length of cookie once on baking sheet, which presses the dough into the sheet. I also rolled some and cut with cute cookie cutters and they looked adorable!!! The creme filling was way sweet, though still good. I, personally, would reduce the sugar next time.

 

[lashell]

these cookies are simply wonderful and easy to make

 

[enigma535]

Fairly easy to make, but I felt the filling tasted too sugary. I will give this a fair to good rating.

 

[spatchcock]

Simply incredible cookies. I agree that the filling was REALLY sweet, but that means I can only eat one at a time, which is good. They were very easy to make, and just for the record I did end up having to use more evaporated milk than was called for to get my filling to the right consistency. Thanks for a great recipe! I think I'll use cookie cutters and put these in my Christmas cookie packages!