The countdown officially begins.
Sally’s Cookie Addiction is a little over 1 month away. Soon enough we’ll be baking brown butter toffee chocolate chip cookies, giant M&Ms cookies, and piñata cookie surprises together. YUP. A piñata cake in cookie form. Just you wait!
There’s one recipe I’m looking forward to in particular. Well, one recipe I’m looking forward to YOU trying out in your own kitchen. And I couldn’t wait until September to show it off! Patience? What’s that.
Today I’m sharing a sneak peek recipe! These striped fudge cookie sandwiches are a nod to the oh-so-delish Keebler version and live in the Serious Chocolate Cravings chapter in Sally’s Cookie Addiction.
(Want to see all the other chapters and recipe titles in the book? Scroll down for the table of contents!!)
Keebler’s version isn’t really a sandwich, but 2 cookies are always better than 1. Right? Right? So in my copycat variation, I decided to sandwich two buttery cookies around a thick dark chocolate ganache center. With a generous drizzle of dark chocolate on top too. Serious chocolate, I told you!
P.S.Do you like Oreo cookies? Try myhomemade Oreosnext, for another homemade version of a familiar packaged cookie.
Video Tutorial: How to Make Striped Fudge Cookies
You’ll make sugar cookie dough. My favorite sugar cookies. Half of the dough will be full circles, which are the bottoms of the cookies. (Above.)
Half of the dough will be “donut cookies” which are the tops of the cookies. You want to expose that thick chocolate ganache center! (Below.)
You’ll need a 2-inch round cookie cutter to make every cookie. Then, in half of the cookies, you’ll use a 1-inch round cookie cutter to turn them into donut shaped cookies. I have this set of round cookie cutters.
Don’t forget this! Since there is less surface area on the donut shaped cookies, the cookies take a minute or 2 less in the oven. Just like we do with these caramel hazelnut sandwich cookies and cherry almond linzer cookies, make sure that the whole cookies are baked together and the donut shaped cookies are baked together.
And make sure you pay attention to the bake time. You don’t want to over-bake these cookies. You want them to remain soft and any extra time in the oven will turn them into crunchy sandwiches. Soft soft soft!
Thick chocolate ganache = 2 ingredients. Heavy cream (aka heavy whipping cream, double cream) and pure chocolate. Not chocolate chips! To make the ganache, heat the heavy cream until warm and pour over the chopped chocolate. Use pure chocolate—the 4 ounce bars you buy in the baking aisle. I like Baker’s, Ghirardelli, Nestle Toll House, or Lindt baking bars. You’ll need 6 ounces total—half for the ganache and half for the chocolate drizzle on top. If you want extra help with the chocolate ganache, see my chocolate ganache page. (But I promise it’s really easy!)
You’ll only need 3 Tablespoons of heavy cream, so you’ll have leftover in the carton. You should definitely make a batch of salted caramel OR any of the many many many recipes using heavy cream on my site. There’s a ton.
Spoon a teeny bit of ganache onto each cookie, then top with a donut shaped cookie.
Give it a drizzle of melted chocolate and that’s it! The ganache and chocolate on top will both set, so these cookies are easy to stack and store safely without smearing chocolate everywhere.
Perfect Make Ahead!
I find these fudge striped cookie sandwiches taste best on day 2. Why? The ganache filling thickens AND slightly softens the cookies, so they completely melt in your mouth. So they’re a wonderful option for making the night before to bring into work, to a party, to a special event, friends/family, or to a giant plate in your kitchen where you don’t have to share with anyone. What?
Hope you love this sneak peek Sally’s Cookie Addiction recipe!
Striped Fudge Cookie Sandwiches
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- Author: Sally
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
- Yield: 32 cookie sandwiches
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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Description
These delicious striped fudge cookie sandwiches are a nod to the Keebler version and are filled with rich chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (), plus more as needed for rolling and work surface
- 1/2teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsaltedbutter, softened to room temperature
- 3/4 cup(150g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Ganache + Topping
- 6ounces semi-sweet chocolate,coarsely chopped and divided
- 3 Tablespoons (45 ml) heavy cream
- optional if needed to thin out topping: splash vegetable oil or melted coconut oil
Instructions
- To make the cookies:Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl using a handheld or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until completely smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. Dough will be a bit soft. If the dough seems too soft and sticky for rolling, add 1 more Tablespoon of flour.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Place each portion onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Use more flour if the dough seems too sticky. The rolled-out dough can be any shape, as long as it is evenly 1/4-inch thick.
- Lightly dust one of the rolled-out doughs with flour. Place a piece of parchment on top. (This prevents sticking.) Place the 2nd rolled-out dough on top. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, then refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and up to 2 days.
- Once chilled, preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 2-3 large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Remove one of the slabs of dough from the refrigerator and, using a2-inch round cookie cutter, cut into circles. Reroll the remainingslab and continue cutting until all is used. Repeat with second slab ofdough. You should have about 64 circles.Using a 1-inch round cookie cutter, cut a hole into the centerof 32 of them. Let’s call these 32 cookies the “donut cookies” because ofthat center hole.Place the whole circles and the donut cookies on separate baking sheets (because the donut cookies take 1 less minute to bake), placing all cookies 2 inches apart from one another.
- Bake the whole circles for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned around the edges, and the donut cookies for about 9 minutes. Rotate the baking sheets halfway through bake time. Remove from the oven. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before assembling.
- To make the ganache: Place 3 ounces of chopped chocolate for the ganache into a small heatproof bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once cream begins to boil, immediately remove from heat and pour over the chocolate. Stir gently and slowly until the ganache is smooth. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes before adding to cookies.During this time, it will slowly thicken.
- Once the ganache is ready, spread about 1/2teaspoon on each whole circle. Carefully top each with a donut cookie and press down gently to create a cookie sandwich.
- To make the topping: Melt the remaining chopped chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave in 15-second increments, stopping and stirring after each until completely smooth. Add a splash of vegetable oil or melted coconut oil if chocolate isn’t thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over each sandwich. Allow chocolate to set completely, about 30 minutes.
- Cookies will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Notes
- Freezing Instructions: Plain cookies (without filling) and prepared cookie sandwiches freeze well for up to 3 months. Wait for the chocolate drizzle on top to set completely before layering sandwiches between sheets of parchment paper in a freezer-friendly container. To thaw, thaw in the refrigerator or at room temperature. You can chill the rolled-out cookie dough in the refrigerator for up to 2 days (see step 4), or you can freeze the cookie dough (before rolling out in step 3) for up to 3 months. To freeze the dough, prepare the dough through step 2, divide in half, flatten both halves into a disk as we do with pie crust, wrap each in plastic wrap, then freeze. To thaw, thaw the disks in the refrigerator, then bring to room temperature for about 1 hour. Roll out the dough as directed in step 3, then chill as directed in step 4– no need to chill for 1-2 hours, 45 minutes should be plenty.
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- Room Temperature:Room temperature butteris essential. If the dough is too sticky, your butter may have been too soft. Room temperature butter is actually cool to the touch. Room temperature egg is preferred so it’s quickly and evenly mixed into the cookie dough.
- Be sure to check out my top 5 cookie baking tips AND these are my 10 must-have cookie baking tools.
- Recipe from Sally’s Cookie Addiction cookbook.
