Description
Pastel Sugar Cookie Sandwiches are soft, buttery cookies tinted with delicate pastel hues and filled with a fluffy vanilla buttercream. Perfect for birthdays, baby showers, spring gatherings, or any festive occasion, these pretty sandwich cookies melt in your mouth and look as delightful as they taste. Yielding about 18 sandwiches, they’re a Pinterest-friendly treat—easy to customize with color, ideal for celebrations, and sure to impress guests.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pastel gel food coloring (pink, blue, yellow, or lavender)
- For the filling:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate large bowl, beat softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla extract, mixing until combined.
- Gradually add dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms.
- Divide dough into portions and gently mix in a small amount of pastel gel food coloring to each portion.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and slightly flatten onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes until edges are set but not browned. Cool completely.
- For the filling, beat butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and salt. Beat until fluffy.
- Pipe or spread buttercream onto the bottom of one cookie and gently press another cookie on top to create a sandwich.
Notes
- Cookies can be colored in pastel pink, blue, yellow, or lavender for a festive look.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before filling to prevent buttercream from melting.
- For cleaner edges, refrigerate dough briefly before baking.
- The filling can be piped for uniform sandwiches.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Creaming and Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
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