Spice Cookie Sandwiches

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter flavored shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream brown sugar and shortening together in a large bowl.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix eggs, milk, and vanilla.
• 4 in a medium bowl, mix spices, flour, and baking soda.
• 5 alternate mixing the dry and the wet ingredients into the sugar and shortening mixture to form a wet dough.
• 6 refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes.
• 7 form small teaspoon sized doughballs (about the diameter of a quarter) with your hands and roll around in a bowl of granulated sugar to cover cookie. place on cookie sheet and bake for 9 minutes.
• 8 while cookies are chilling, cream together all remaining ingredients to make the frosting.
• 9 once cookies are out of the oven, let cool for 15 minutes. then put a quarter sized dollop of cream cheese frosting between two like sized cookies to form a sandwich. once all cookies are sandwiched, drizzle remaining frosting over the top of all cookies.