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Dipped Sandwich Cookies Recipe

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"With a lemon filling and chocolate coating, these buttery sandwich cookies are often requested at my house - particularly for special occasions," shares Jane Delahoyde of Poughkeepsie, New York.

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Dipped Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
LEMON FILLING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
DIPPING CHOCOLATE:
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well.
Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. With a glass dipped in sugar, flatten into 2-in. circles.
Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Combine filling ingredients. Spread on the bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Dip in nuts. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 244 calories, 16 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 126 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Dipped Sandwich Cookies in Taste of Home August/September 2000, p66

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Reviewed on Mar. 05, 2009 by amethystaa

I made this recipe a few years ago. Sooo delicious! A lot of work, though. The lemon cookies are good by themselves (without dipping) and they melt in your mouth!

Renee, Livermore CA

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2008 by Aquarelle

I've been making these cookies for years. You can dip them in multicolored sprinkles or flaked coconut instead of the nuts.