Melting Moments

This is another recipe that I found at bakerlady.wordpress.com. It's a pretty simple recipe, bake the cookies, make the filling, sandwich together. Even though my filling didn't set up right, the flavor was awesome. The only thing I did different was I added a little lime zest to the filling. I will for sure make these again. The blog where I found the recipe, she said on the filling she used 1 cup unpacked sugar instead of the powdered sugar, I think I will try it that way next time.

Melting Moments

13 T butter, softened (if using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon fine table salt with the butter)
1/3 cup, lightly packed powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon all purpose flour

Lemon Filling
3/4 cup, very firmly packed powdered sugar
4 T butter, softened
3 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 300°. Line two large baking trays with parchment paper.

Using an electric mixer or electric hand-held beaters, beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until creamy. Stop the machine and use a spatula to scrape down the side and base of the bowl. Continue beating until the mixture is completely smooth. Add cornstarch and beat until combined. Add flour and beat until just combined. Roll into one inch balls and place on prepared baking sheets. Use a flat surface (such as the base of a glass) to gently flatten the balls to form discs. Press a fork into each disk making small indentations. Bake for about 20 minutes, until cookies are golden on the underside and just firm to the touch. Cool cookies on trays for 10 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Make the lemon filling. Place a heaped teaspoon of the filling on the flat side of one biscuit. Top with the flat side of another cookie and gently press together. Repeat with remaining cookies. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature, in the refrigerator or freezer.

Lemon Filling
Using an electric mixer or electric hand-held beaters, beat powdered sugar, butter and lemon juice together until smooth and creamy.

**As you can see by the picture the filling didn't set up. Hopefully if you try these, your filling will set up right. If you want to see how they should really look here is the link to the page where I found the recipe. http://bakerlady.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/melting-moments/#more-1808