Winter Soldier Cookies & Creme Cookies

Sydney

Apr 8, 20213 min read

Winter Soldier Cookies & Creme Cookies

I'm trying really hard not to make a pun about these sugar cookies being out of this world, but that's really the perfect way to describe them! These cookies are fun and flavorful, sandwiched with some cream cheese buttercream and hiding some intergalactic baking chips!

If you're looking for some additions to your baking playlist - this recipe is a perfect excuse to add The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack to the rotation! What decade of music do you hope they'll bring into the franchise for Vol III?!

Servings: 18 Cookies

Prep Time: 1 Hour

Total Time: 2.5 Hours

Ingredients

Cookies & Cream Buttercream

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
10 crumbled Oreos

Vanilla Buttercream

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 + 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Red food gel
Blue food gel

Instructions

Cookies: In a large bowl, mix 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and 2 teaspoons cream of tartar. Set aside.
Cookies: In another large bowl, beat 1 + 1/4 cups of unsalted butter and 3 tablespoons of cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Add 1 + ½ cups of granulated sugar. Beat on high speed for at least 5 minutes until there are no remaining sugar granules.
Cookies: Add the egg, egg yolks, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the butter and sugar. Beat until well-incorporated.
Cookies: Add 1 teaspoon of kosher salt to the dough. Sift in the flour mixture. Beat on low speed until the dough is just combined.
Cookies: Divide the dough into two sections - about 3/4 in one bowl and 1/4 in another. Dye 3/4 of the dough black and 1/4 of the dough red.
Cookies: Prepare a large floured surface. Roll both colors of dough out flat.
Cookies: Prep 3-4 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Divide the black dough and place sheets of rolled black dough onto the surface of each cookie sheet. Roll with a rolling pin on the cookie sheet if needed.
Cookies: Use a large star cutout and cut out the star shapes on the cookie sheet. Remove the excess dough and re-roll out for additional cookies. Use a small star cookie cutter to cut out a star hole in the center of each of the large black star cookies.
Cookies: Cut out small stars from the red dough. Place the small stars in the hole in the center of the black cookies. Place the cookie sheets in the fridge to cool for at least 3 hours.
Cookies: After chilling, pre-heat the oven to 350˚F. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely.
Vanilla Buttercream: In a large bowl, beat unsalted butter on high speed until smooth and creamy (2-3 minutes). Add vanilla extract and heavy whipping cream. Add powdered sugar in increments. Divide the buttercream into three bowls. Dye one bowl red and one bowl blue.
Vanilla Buttercream: Line a 8x8 baking tin with plastic wrap. Fill piping bags with the red, blue, and white frosting. Pipe lines of the frosting into the baking tin - one line blue, one line white, one line red, and repeat. Place the buttercream in the freezer for 2-3 hours (while cookies are chilling).
Vanilla Buttercream: Remove the chilled buttercream from the freezer. Cut out small squares of the buttercream with a large knife or a square cookie cutter, making sure to include all three colors in your squares. Place the squares back into the freezer.
Cookies & Cream Buttercream: In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of unsalted butter on high speed until smooth and creamy (2-3 minutes). Add vanilla extract and heavy whipping cream. Add 1/2 of the powdered sugar and beat until combined. Add ~10 Oreos that have been crumbled and then the remainder of the powdered sugar. Beat until combined.
Assembly: Place a square of the red, white, & blue buttercream in the center of one of the stars.
Assembly: Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with the cookies & cream buttercream. Pipe buttercream onto the surface of a cookie, up to the edges and surrounding the border of the red, white, and blue square. Top with another cookie for a sandwich.
Enjoy!