Orange Sugar Cookie Sandwiches With Chocolate Rum Ganache

Serves: 6

Fredy Murphy

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

31

Spice

46

Sweetness

50

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2

Eggs

1 tbsp

Baking Powder

2 tsps

Salt

170 g

Heavy Cream

Directions:

1

Special equipment: a cookie cutter For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

2

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

3

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar and butter together until fluffy

4

Add the eggs, one at a time, until the mixture is smooth

5

Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and mix in the orange zest

6

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together, and add to the butter mixture, mixing until just combined

7

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes

8

Roll the dough to 1/4-inch thick and cut out cookies with a cookie cutter (about 20 large cookies)

9

Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet, and sprinkle the tops with sugar

10

Bake just until the edges start to brown, 8 to 14 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies

11

Cool the cookies completely

12

For the ganache: Place the chocolate in a medium bowl

13

Bring the heavy cream to a boil and pour over the chocolate to melt

14

Stir until shiny and smooth, then add rum to taste

15

Mix until incorporated, and then rest the ganache until firm

16

Transfer to a piping bag and pipe the ganache onto half of the cookies

17

Press the second half of the cookies onto the ganache-covered cookies to make cookie sandwiches