Jack-O’-Lantern Sandwich Cookies
Delicious autumn-inspired sandwich cookies filled with cream cheese frosting, designed to look like cute jack-o’-lanterns.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 135 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 6 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- A pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, pumpkin spice, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, beat softened butter and sugars until creamy. Add egg, pumpkin puree, and vanilla, mixing well.
- Slowly add in dry ingredients and beat until just combined. Divide dough, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll out chilled dough and cut out pumpkin-shaped cookies.
- Cut whimsical faces into half of the cookies. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool.
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth, then add vanilla and salt.
- Spread frosting on the cookies without faces and sandwich them with the ones with faces.
- Decorate faces with more frosting if desired.
Notes
Great for Halloween parties or festive gatherings! Can freeze dough for up to three months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
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