Jack-o’-Lantern Cookie Sandwiches
These Jack-o’-Lantern Cookies might just be the cutest desert, just in time for Halloween!
Ingredients:
For cookies:
1 cup of butter
1 cup sugar
1/3 brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Orange food coloring
For Chocolate Ganache:
For chocolate filling:
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
For cookies:
Line your baking sheets with parchment paper and pre heat your oven to 350°
In a large mixing bowl, add your butter and sugars and mix until combined. Then, add your egg and vanilla and stir again.
Add your dry ingredients and food coloring and mix until combined. Let your cookie dough chill for about 30 minutes to an hour to firm up so you can roll it out.
Roll your cookie dough out and cut out cute pumpkin shapes and Jack o lantern faces. Make sure you cut faces out faces on half of the cookies. Let chill in the freezer for 15 minutes then bake in the oven for around 10-12 minutes. Let them cool.
For Chocolate Ganache:
Measure your heavy cream in a glass measuring cup and heat in the microwave was about 30-60 seconds.
In a small bowl add your chocolate chips and slowly pour your hot heavy cream on top.
Let set for a couple of minutes and stir until combined. This will be your filling.
Assemble:
Once your cookies and ganache have cooled down you are ready to assemble. On your cookie with the face spread a spoonful of chocolate ganache. Sandwich your other cookie on top. Do this with the rest of your cookies. Enjoy!
