Goldy Bears Sweetheart Sandwich Cookies Recipes

GOLDY BEAR'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F
• Butter a 9-inch round cake pan.
• Sift together the dry ingredients.
• Using a food processor with the steel blade or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles small peas.
• Blend in the raisins and caraway seeds.
• Beat the egg, buttermilk, and sour cream together until blended.
• Stir the egg mixture into the dry mixture just until blended.
• Transfer the batter to the pan and bake for about 50 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

GOLDY BEAR'S SCOUT'S BROWNIES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees (high altitude 375).
• Melt butter with unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler.
• Set aside to cool.
• Sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs until creamy, and slowly add the sugar, beating constantly.
• Add vanilla and cooled chocolate/butter mixture.
• Stir in dry ingredients until just combined.
• Spread batter in buttered 9x13 pan.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips over surface.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until center is set.
• Let cool before cutting.

GOLDY BEAR'S HONEY GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Set oven temp to 375°F
• Cream honey, butter, sugar and egg.
• Sift together and the flour, soda, salt, and spices.
• Chill one hour.
• Roll level tablespoons of dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

GOLDY BEAR'S SWEETHEART SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• FOR THE COOKIES --
• Cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until light.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla; set aside.
• Sift the cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together.
• Stir the dry ingredients thoroughly into the butter mixture.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375F and butter 2 cookie sheets.
• Using a teaspoon measure, roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on the sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 15 mins, until cookies are puffed and surfaces slightly dry and cracked.
• Cool on racks.
• FOR THE FILLING --
• Cream the butter until light.
• Beat in the vanilla and powdered sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the consistency is like creamy frosting.
• When the cookies are complete cool, spread about 1/2 tablespoon of iflling on the bottom of one cookie, then top with the bottom side of another cookie.
• VARIATION --
• For half a batch of vanilla-filled and half a batch of peppermint-filled cookies, add 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract to half the filling. Tint the peppermint filling pink or green before filling half the sandwiches.