Black Walnut Sandwich Cookies

Black Walnut Sandwich Cookies Recipe
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1 Review
Maple buttercream is sandwiched between these crisp butter cookies for a real taste treat.
30 min
Prep Time
2:30
Total Time
36 cookies

Ingredients

Cookie

3/4 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1/2 cup
firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup
sugar
1
large Land O Lakes® Egg
1 teaspoon
vanilla
2 1/4 cups
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
salt
1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
3/4 cup
chopped black walnuts or walnuts

Filling

2 cups
powdered sugar
1/4 cup
Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon
maple flavoring
2 to 3 tablespoons
Land O Lakes® Half & Half

Directions

  1. Combine 3/4 cup butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg and vanilla in bowl; beat at medium speed until well mixed. Add all remaining cookie ingredients except walnuts. Beat at low speed until mixed. Stir in walnuts.
  2. Divide dough in half; shape each half into 10-inch log. Wrap each in plastic food wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm.
  3. Heat oven to 375°F.
  4. Cut each log into 1/4-inch slices with sharp knife; place slices onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 7-9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.
  5. Combine powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter and maple flavoring in bowl. Beat at low speed, adding enough half & half for desired frosting consistency, until well mixed. Increase speed to medium; beat until light and fluffy.
  6. Spread heaping teaspoonful of maple buttercream onto bottom of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie, bottom-side down. Repeat with remaining cookies and frosting.

Recipe Tips

- Look for black walnuts in the baking aisle of most supermarkets.

- Keep the dough for these crisp delicious cookies in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, or in the freezer for 6 weeks. Bake just the amount you want. Store unused maple buttercream in a tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts (1 cookie)

Calories
140
Cholesterol
20mg
Carbohydrates
19g
Protein
2g
Fat
7g
Sodium
95mg
Dietary Fiber
0g

Recipe Comments and Reviews

Rating

These are the best - our family loves black walnuts; i doubled the filling so there was a bit more to sandwich with and also added a scant amount of finely ground black walnuts so the flavor permeats the entire cookie and decreased the maple flavoring to 1/4 tsp..

Posted October 11, 2011 by Mary Helen H.

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