Cardamom Print Sandwich Cookies

Cookies

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sugar

  Filling
  

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4-5 teaspoons milk

Instructions:

Combine brown sugar and butter, beat until fluffy. Add egg and blend. Add flour, cardamom, and cinnamon, and mix. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for one hour.

Heat oven to 350º F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten cookie balls to 1 1/2-inch rounds with the bottom of a fancy-printed wine or drinking glass to make an aesthetically pleasing design. (Coat bottom of glass in sugar also before each press.)

Bake for 6-10 minutes. Remove from sheets immediately and cool.

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook until light golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining filling ingredients, adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency. Spread about 1 teaspoon of filling for each sandwich cookie.

Note: You can even dye the icing with food coloring and maybe try different flavors to make interesting variations. To make a different flavored icing, use half the recommended amount of vanilla (1/4 instead of 1/2) and then the other 1/4 teaspoon use another extract, such as almond, mint, cherry, or rum.