Hocus Pocus Spellbook Cookie Sandwiches Recipe

Instructions

For Cookies:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together cream cheese and butter.
• Mix in sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks one at a time and then add the vanilla. Mix well.
• In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients and add a little at a time to butter mixture.
• Mix until flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes together. If it seems to not be coming together all the way in the bowl, dump it out onto a flat surface and knead until the dough comes together.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 to 2 hours.
• Roll cookies out to about 1/4 inch thickness (thicker or thinner depending on your preference)
• Cut out squares.
• Bake on un-greased baking sheet at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
• Lay them on a wire rack to cool

For Icing:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the warm water and the meringue powder. Mix for about 30 seconds or until frothy.
• Add in the cream of tartar and mix for 30 seconds more.
• Pour in all the powdered sugar.
• Using the paddle attachment on the LOWEST speed, mix slowly for a full 10 minutes.
• Icing will get thick and creamy.
• Tint Icing brown. You might need a lot of brown or you can add a touch of cocoa powder to make it as brown as you like. Don\'t add a lot though because it\'ll make the icing too dry.
• Fill a piping bag with brown icing. Snip the end and and cover cookie squares with icing.
• Add a candy eye to 1/2 of the spell book cookies and pipe a circle around the candy eye for an eye lid.
• Let cookies dry completely .

To Decorate

• Using an edible black marker, draw stitches on the cookies with the eyes.
• Using the Eyeball Cookies as the tops and the plain brown cookies as the bottoms, match them up to create sandwiches.
• Fill each cookie sandwich with your choice of filling.