French Toast Crunch Snickerdoodle Sandwiches New Year Recipe
The rich maple filling makes these sandwich cookies even sweeter.
- YIELDS:2 dozen
- TOTAL TIME: 3 hours 0 mins
INGREDIENTS
Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies- 2 1/2 c. French Toast Crunch cereal, plus more lightly crushed for rolling sandwich cookies
- 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
- 2 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 c. sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
Fluffy Maple Filling
- 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 c. confectioners' sugar
- 3 tbsp. maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
- 1 (7-ounce) jar marshmallow creme
DIRECTIONS
- Pulse 2 1/2 cups cereal in a food processor until fine crumbs form, about 8 to 10 times (you should have 1 1/4 cups). Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar in a bowl.
- Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar on medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, beating just until combined. Add 3/4 cups finely crushed cereal, beating just until combined. Cover and chill dough 2 hours or up to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Stir together cinnamon, remaining 1/2 cup crushed cereal, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl. Measure level tablespoons of dough; roll into balls. Drop dough into the cereal-sugar mixture and roll to coat. Place dough on prepared baking sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.
- Bake, in batches, until golden on the edges but still slightly soft in the center, 10 to 11 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make Fluffy Maple Filling: Beat unsalted butter on medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly add confectioners’ sugar, maple syrup, ground cinnamon, and kosher salt, beating until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in marshmallow crème just until combined.
- Spread the flat side of half of the cookies with Fluffy Maple Filling, dividing evenly. Sandwich with remaining cookies. Roll edges of cookies in crushed cereal.
