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| This is the chocolate-filled version. |
I love a good sandwich cookie during the holidays and find these are the first to disappear from the tray. So tonight while waiting for dinner to come out of the oven I made this batch of cookies. Yes, they were that quick and easy to make.
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| Hot from the oven, puffed and beautiful. |
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| Jam-filled. |
Finger Sandwich Butter Cookies
1 1/2 cups butter
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 drops yellow food coloring
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and food coloring. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Place dough in a pastry bag fitted with a #4 star tip, and pipe out in 2 inch bars on greased baking pan. (Can also be piped into rosettes or other shapes.) Bake for about 5 to 7 minutes. Put baked cookies together with jam, frosting. or melted chocolate.
