Grinch Sandwich Cookies
Author Megan | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
Yield 18 servings
Your heart will grow three sizes with one bite of these Grinch Sandwich Cookies. Pistachio shortbread cookies, with heart cutouts and red icing pay homage to one of childhood's favorite movies. | Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vanilla yogurt
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups pistachios, finely chopped
- 12 ounces Vanilla Marshmallow frosting
- 1 teaspoon red food coloring
Instructions
- In the bowl of your stand mixer or a large bowl, place butter and beat on medium speed for 1 minute. Add in sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and salt. Mix until combined. Add in yogurt and egg and mix until combined. Slowly add flour and mix until just combined. Fold in pistachios. Cover and chill dough for at least 2 hours. *Have dough come to room temperature for 20 minutes prior to baking.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a sheet pan with a Silpat or parchment paper
- On a lightly floured surface, divide dough in half. Working with half a batch at a time, roll out into 1/8" thick. Using a heart cookie cutter, cut as many hearts. Re-roll scraps of dough and continue cutting hearts. Repeat with second ball of dough until all dough has been used. Using a small heart cookie cutter, cut hearts out of the center of half the heart cookies.
- Place cookies onto prepared sheet pan and bake 6-8 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow to cool on pan for 5 minutes and move to a wire rack to cool completely.
- When cookies have cooled, stir red food coloring into frosting.
- Smear 1 teaspoon frosting onto bottoms of heart cookie without a cut out and top with cookies with a cutout center, to create a sandwich.
Notes
*slightly adapted from Better Homes and Gardens
Courses Dessert
Amount Per Serving |
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Calories 263 |
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% Daily Value |
Total Fat 14 g | 22% |
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| Saturated Fat 4 g | 20% |
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Cholesterol 24 mg | 8% |
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Sodium 43 mg | 2% |
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Total Carbohydrates 32 g | 11% |
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| Dietary Fiber 2 g | 8% |
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| Sugars 17 g | |
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Protein 5 g | 10% |
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Recipe by Strawberry Blondie Kitchen at https://www.strawberryblondiekitchen.com/grinch-cookies/