Sour Cream Cookie Sandwiches

Total Time: 1 hr 42 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 dash salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• melted chocolate (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and sugar with a mixer until fluffy.
• 2 add egg, vanilla, salt and cinnamon and beat well.
• 3 add remaining ingredients and beat only until flour is mixed inches.
• 4 divide dough into four, wrap in plastic and chill at least 2 hours.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 6 roll dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. cut with a floured 2 inch cookie cutter. place on parchment paper and bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. remove to a cooling rack and cool to room temperature. repeat with remaining dough.
• 7 brown sugar frosting:.
• 8 combine brown sugar, milk and butter in medium sized saucepan.
• 9 cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 10 remove from heat and cool to lukewarm. add icing sugar, cream and vanilla and beat with wooden spoon until spreading consistency.
• 11 spread half of the cooled cookies with the icing and top with another cookie. garnish with melted chocolate.
• 12 store in air-tight container. can be frozen for up to six months.