These might go down as my favorite cookie that I bake this season. Crunchy coconut, oatmeal cookies sandwich a chocolate cream cheese filling. Soooooo Scrumptious!!
I am hosting this week and since I was going to be busy getting ready for Christmas I invited the others to join me in making Christmas Cookies. I thought it would be fun to change things up and learn a little bit about other cultures while getting some new recipes for on the dessert table.
Let's see what everyone baked up for us today.......
- Sneha’s Recipe presents Cashew Cherry Cookies
- Palatable Pastime serves up Chinese Almond Cookies
- Culinary Adventures with Camilla gives us Hojarascas (Mexican Shortbread Cookies)
- Mayuri’s Jikoni shares Karachi Biscuits
- A Good Life plates Mexican Tea Cookies
- A Day in the Life on the Farm discovers South African Double Crunchers
- Amy’s Cooking Adventures has Stained Glass Ornament Cookies with Orange & Cinnamon
- Making Miracles presents Swedish Snowball Cookies
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories gives us Zimsterne - German Christmas Cookies
These sounded better to me so I went with them and BOY O BOY, am I glad I did. They are crisp and crunchy and sinfully decadent with that chocolate cream cheese filling. I am glad that I had a Cookie Exchange to take them to because I know that I would not have been able to resist grabbing one every time I passed the cookie jar.
I have several more cookies and desserts scheduled before Christmas so stay tuned for those.
Yield: 24 Sandwich Cookies
South African Double Crunchers
These might go down as my favorite cookie that I bake this season. Crunchy coconut, oatmeal cookies sandwich a chocolate cream cheese filling. Soooooo Scrumptious!!
Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 30 Min
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. butter, room temperature
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 t. vanilla
- 1 c. flour
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 c. oats
- 1 c. crushed corn flakes
- 1/2 c. shredded sweetened coconut
- 6 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 2 c. semi sweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
- In large bowl of stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter,cream cheese, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- With mixer on low add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined, increase speed and mix well. With speed on low fold in the oats, cornflakes and coconut.
- Using a cookie scoop, form into 1" balls. Place onto cookie sheets that are covered with parchment or silicone mats about 2" apart.
- Cover with another sheet of parchment and, using the bottom of a glass, flatten the dough. You should end up with about 48 cookies.
- Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 8-10 minutes until lightly browned. Remove to a rack to cool completely.
- In the small bowl of the stand mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Add the chocolate and beat until well combined.
- Spread about a Tablespoon of filling onto 24 cookies and top with the remaining 24 cookies. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Notes:
Adapted from a recipe found at Taste of Home.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
234.34Fat (grams)
11.61Sat. Fat (grams)
7.02Carbs (grams)
32.96Fiber (grams)
1.55Net carbs
31.40Sugar (grams)
23.91Protein (grams)
2.48Sodium (milligrams)
104.05Cholesterol (grams)
25.08
These are so easy to make and like the addition of corn flakes in it!
ReplyDeleteAdded an extra crunch that was lovely Sneha.
DeleteOhhh I love the sound of these - and stuffed with chocolate cream cheese?? Definitely yes please!
ReplyDeleteSo good Rebekah.
DeleteChocolate cream cheese!!! Oh. My. Goodness!! These sound amazing.
ReplyDeleteThey were amazing Karen.
DeleteWendy these cookies remind me of the South African Bakers brand of Romany Creams. Oats cookies are usually sandwiched with butter creams of different flavours.Your South African Double Crunchers are tempting.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mayuri, they were certainly delicious.
DeleteThese sandwiched cookies look absolutely irresistible with the comb of flavours! Happy Cookie Season!
ReplyDeleteThey were Angie. Happy Holidays to you.
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