Sandwich Cookies

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Here’s what you need

• 2 Devils food cake mix
• 4 eggs
• vegetable oil
• cream cheese
• butter
• Vanilla extract
• powdered sugar
• food coloring

This batter is super stiff. Like burn out your mixer stiff.

I use my stand mixer, but I watch it carefully so as not to burn it out. I would not recommend using a hand mixer. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Combine 2 devils food cake mixes, 4 eggs, and 2/3 cup vegetable oil. Make sure to scrape the bottom carefully as cake mix likes to hide down there. Roll batter into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Technically you ought to flatten them slightly, but they do ok if you don’t. If I’m in a rush I use my cookie scoop instead of hand rolling them.

Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. They will flatten as they cool down. Just be careful not to overcook them. Allow the cookies to cool completely before making the icing. Which works out well because you need to set the butter and cream cheese out to soften.

Step 2 is icing

For Christmas I typically make green icing instead of red. It takes a lot of red food coloring to make a true red and pink looks too much like Valentine’s Day. In another mixing bowl, cream together 8 oz cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter. Mix in 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. Gradually mix in 3-4 cups powdered sugar. Some of it depends on your powdered sugar, but typically I use almost 4 cups of powdered sugar. Then add in your food coloring or just leave it white.

The easiest way to ice these is to pair up your cookies BEFORE you start icing them. There’s nothing more frustrating than ending up with two cookies at the end that are polar opposites. You also need to resist the urge to cram as much icing between the cookies as possible. Seriously, this is one time where less is more. My brother in law didn’t believe this at first until after he helped make them and then he agreed with us as well. Put a enough on to fill it and no more.

Now just let them sit and set up!

Now you’ve got yourself some yummy sandwich cookies that are delicious, but on the rich side so be careful not to eat too many.