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Mickey & Minnie's Strawberry Sandwich Cookies

Mickey & Minnie’s Strawberry Sandwich Cookies

Mickey & Minnie’s Strawberry Sandwich Cookies are tender vanilla shortbread cookies filled with a refreshing strawberry buttercream!
Course Dessert
Keyword Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Rest Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 8 sandwich cookies

Ingredients

Shortbread Cookies

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Strawberry Buttercream

  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup freeze dried strawberries, finely crushed into a powder
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • red gel food coloring

Equipment

  • Mickey/Minnie Mouse cookie stamps
  • round cookie cutter
  • large piping bag
  • large start piping tip (Wilton 1M)

Instructions

Shortbread Cookies

  1. In a small bowl, combine the flour and salt. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until combined.
  3. Gradually add the flour mixture, beating just until combined.
  4. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half between two sheets of parchment paper until about ¼ inch thick.
  5. Wrap the dough in the parchment paper, place on a baking sheet, and place in the refrigerator until firm, about 30 minutes.
  6. Remove dough from the refrigerator and place on a flat surface. Remove the top piece of parchment paper. Dip the cookie stamp into flour and shake off any excess. Press the stamp into the dough. Use the round cookie cutter to cut out the cookies around the stamp.
  7. Repeat the cookie stamping and cutting with both halves of the dough.
  8. Transfer cut out cookies to a parchment lined baking sheet and place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. While the cookies are chilling, preheat the oven to 350 F.
  9. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
  10. Let the cookies cool on the pan for a couple minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Strawberry Buttercream

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and freeze-dried strawberry powder.
  2. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter, vanilla, and salt until creamy.
  3. Gradually add the powdered sugar mixture to the butter mixture, beating on low speed until incorporated.
  4. Add the milk and a few drops of red gel food coloring. Beat on medium speed until fluffy.
  5. Transfer the frosting to a large piping bag fitted with a large star piping tip.

Assembly

  1. Flip half of the cookies over.
  2. Pipe a swirl of strawberry frosting onto each of the flipped over cookie halves.
  3. Gently press the remaining cooking halves on top of the frosting topped cookies to create a cookie sandwich.