Confetti Sandwich Cookies Food

CONFETTI SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, milk and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute or until blended. Stir in sprinkles. Onto cookie sheets, drop batter by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and food color until blended. For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 tablespoon filling on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press together.

FUNFETTI COOKIE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. The butter will melt and start to foam then orangey-brown bits will form on the bottom of the pan. This process should take about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the brown butter to a small bowl and chill until the butter has firmed up, but is still soft.
• In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer beat the brown butter and the sugar until well combined.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla and combine again.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until well combined and free of lumps.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until just combined. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop about 1 1⁄2-2 tablespoons of cookie dough and roll into a ball. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Press the dough balls down slightly to flatten.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.Remove the cookie from the oven and allow them to cool completely on the cookie sheet.
• Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer, beat the butter until it is very soft and creamy.
• Add the salt, vanilla, half of the powdered sugar, and milk and beat until fully combined and smooth. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and beat for 5-6 minutes or until the buttercream is fluffy. If the buttercream is too thick you can add 1 tablespoon or so of milk as needed.
• Match each cookie up with a similar sized cookie.
• On the inside of one cookie spread a generous amount of buttercream. Place the other cookie on top and press down firmly to squish the buttercream all of the way to the edges of the cookies.
• Roll the edges of the cookies in the sprinkles until the buttercream is well coated.

CONFETTI ICE CREAM SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and coat with cooking spray. Mix the cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs in a large bowl until combined. Stir in the sprinkles.
• Using a 2-tablespoon ice cream scoop, dollop scoops of the batter on the baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Dampen your fingers with a little water; press and smooth the tops of each dollop so that they are flattened slightly and even on top. Bake until they are golden and springy to the touch, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets.
• Clean the ice cream scoop, then scoop some ice cream onto the flat side of one cookie and top it with another cookie, flat-side down. Repeat with the remaining cookies and ice cream. Pour some sprinkles into a shallow bowl or rimmed plate, then roll the sides of the sandwiches in the sprinkles until the exposed ice cream is coated. Freeze until ready to serve.

STAR CONFETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Mix the vanilla and egg with a fork in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter, granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer on low speed until the butter has picked up the sugars, about 30 seconds. (If using a hand mixer, beat about 2 minutes.) Increase the speed to medium and beat until slightly creamy, stopping halfway to scrape the bowl, about 1 minute (about 3 minutes with a hand mixer).
• Reduce the speed to low, slowly add in the egg mixture and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture a heaping cup at a time in 2 additions, stopping a few times to scrape the bowl and beaters. (If using a hand mixer, increase the speed as the dough gets thicker to keep the beaters spinning.) Once all the flour is just incorporated, add the confetti stars, increase the speed to medium (higher with a hand mixer) and beat until the dough is very smooth, about 2 minutes (about 5 minutes with a hand mixer).
• Turn the dough out of the bowl and bring it together. Divide the dough into 2 even pieces, each about 11 ounces. Shape each piece into a 6-inch square and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Position the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Take the dough pieces out of the refrigerator and let soften until just pliable but still cool and firm, about 15 minutes.
• Dust a piece of parchment with flour. Working quickly, dust one square of the dough with flour and roll it to about 1/4 inch thick. Lift the dough occasionally by sliding a metal spatula or bench scraper underneath to make sure it isn't sticking to the parchment. Cut out 3 1/2-inch star cookies as close together as possible. Cut out the centers of the stars with a 1 1/2-inch cutter. If the dough becomes too soft to cut out, place it in the freezer for 5 minutes to firm back up. Transfer the large and small stars to separate prepared baking sheets, large on one and small on the other, leaving 1 inch between them all. Gather together the scraps and repeat with the remaining dough. When the remaining dough is too small for the large cutter, just cut out small stars. Sprinkle more confetti stars over the top of the cookies and gently press down so they stick. Freeze the cookies on the baking sheets while you repeat with the second dough piece. Freeze the cookies about 10 minutes before baking.
• Bake, rotating the baking sheets from front to back and top to bottom halfway through, until the cookies are light golden brown around the edges and slightly firm when gently pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets on a cooling rack, about 30 minutes.