Yesterday I showed up to kindergarten pick up, late as usual, but with a plate of cookies for Truman’s teacher to redeem myself (I had been testing recipes). I run in and stare around the classroom, which has no one in it besides Ms. Valencia and one little girl left to be picked up. “Where’s Truman??” I ask, with a tiny fractional moment of panic. Why would he not be there? And that was when I realized that it was Thursday, and every Thursday my friend Jen picks Truman up from school for a playdate with her son. Every. Thursday. “Why did I come here? I’m so stupid!” And Ms. Valencia said, “You came here to bring me cookies, of course.” I guess there’s always a silver lining?? Today I’m sharing my ALL TIME FAVORITE Christmas cookie recipe with you. You might be thinking Hm, Karen has probably said this 5,000 times on her blog before today, why should I trust her? But I’m telling you, these Ginger Molasses Sandwich Cookies cancel out all the other ones. I SWEAR. Even Butter Pecan Cookies. (gasp, I can’t believe I said it out loud.) My Aunt Shirley makes these cookies, as well as my awesome cousins. (It’s not exactly Shirley’s recipe, but it’s very similar.) I don’t remember having them when I was little, but I’m sure I just wasn’t enlightened enough back then to notice them on a cookie plate. I’ve seen the light. Whenever they make them, I’m the one shoving cookies in my purse when no one is looking (like that part on the plane in Home Alone when Uncle Frank tells his wife to put the crystal from first class in her purse. “That’s real crystal. Put ’em in your purse. Put ’em! Put ’em! Put ’em!”) I know these are my favorite Christmas cookies because when I have multiple types of cookies in the house at one time (I told you, there is lots of testing going on in my kitchen right now!) these are the first ones I eat. I’ve been known to maybe not let anyone else in the house know that I have a few tucked away in the freezer (sorry Eric.)
How to make Ginger Molasses Sandwich Cookies
They are super easy to make: Take two Perfectly Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies and smash them together with the best, creamiest all-butter vanilla buttercream frosting. Do you see the edges of this cookie? I know you can’t really tell from the picture, but I’m here to tell you: they are SO SOFT. Sandwich cookies that have hard crispy edges are super annoying. You crunch into the edge and all your filling comes out the other end. Not so with these sandwich cookies. Your teeth slide right through cookie and vanilla buttercream in one smooth motion and before you know it, the soft dreamy double cookie of wonder is completely gone, and you’re stuck asking yourself if eating two sandwich cookies is the same as eating four cookies because technically there are two cookies per sandwich, but then you stop thinking about that and just reach for another one because calories don’t count at Christmas time. It’s the magic of the season. Have a great weekend everybody! It’s finally almost December! Click here to get the recipe for Perfectly Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies, the ones you need to make these sandwich cookies!
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