Cornbread Sandwich Cookies
Cornbread Sandwich Cookies are my cornbread cookies with a creamy, honey-infused frosting between them. The cookies, on their own, give off a sweet cornbread vibe and the filling perfectly complements the cornmeal in the cookies. I love the combination, and if you love cornbread, you will love these sandwich cookies!
Servings: 30 sandwich cookies
Calories: 263kcal
Ingredients
Cookies
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup (102.5 g) shortening
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar, packed
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (122 g) yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Frosting
- ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks / 170 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup (85 g) honey, plus more for drizzling
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 cups (375 g) confectioners' sugar
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter, shortening, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
- Mix in eggs, honey, and vanilla.
- To the butter mixture, add the flour, cornmeal, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix until the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Using a 1-tablespoon scoop, drop portions of dough onto the lined baking sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Gently roll each into a ball.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. (Do not overbake these cookies. They are perfect when slightly under-done. Over-baked cookies will be dry.)
- Once baked, remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on a wire rack while you prepare the frosting.
Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the butter, honey, and salt on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Decrease the speed of the mixer to low and gradually add the confectioners' sugar. Once incorporated, increase speed to medium and beat for another minute.
Assembly
- Once the cookies are completely cooled, spread or pipe about a tablespoon of frosting on the bottom of one cookie. Drizzle with honey. Add a second cookie to form a sandwich. Repeat with remaining cookies.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1sandwich cookie | Calories: 263kcal