swedish waffle cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons heavy cream
• white sugar for dusting
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons swedish punsch

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• in a bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and the flour until smooth and creamy. stir in heavy cream. scrape dough into a ball.
• sprinkle the white sugar on a cutting board. roll out the dough to about a 1/4-inch thickness on the sugared surface. using a 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut dough into 24 circles. using the rolling pin, roll each circle into a slightly oval shape. place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet about an inch apart.
• bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the cookies get very lightly brown, 10 to 12 minutes. cool slightly on cookie sheet; then transfer them to cooling racks using a spatula.
• to make the filling, mix together 1/2 cup of butter, confectioners' sugar, egg yolk, and swedish punsch in a bowl. beat until mixture is well blended and creamy.
• to assemble, spread about a rounded teaspoon of filling on the bottom of one cookie and place another cookie, bottom side down, on the filling to form a sandwich. repeat with the rest of the cookies.