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These cookies are depicted with red and green cream filling. The are made with a chilled dough.

Betty Crocker Cream Wafers

PREP TIME: 2 hrs TOTAL TIME: 2 hrs 9 mins
SERVES: 64
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About This Recipe

"From my mother-in-law Libby. I think this is the one she made. Detective work is hard, lol. They said these would melt in your mouth."
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Ingredients
1 cup butter
2 cups flour
1/3 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar

Filling
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sifted icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
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Directions
Mix butter, flour and whipping cream thoroughly. Chill 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375°.
Roll dough 1/8" thick on a lightly floured board.
Cut into 1-1/2 inch rounds.
Transfer onto waxed paper heavily sprinkled with sugar, turning to coat both sides.

Place on ungreased baking sheet; prick in 4 places with fork.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until slightly puffy.
Put 2 cookies together with filling.
Filling.
Blend butter, icing sugar and vanilla together.
If desired tint pink or green (which I would; the picture is great).
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Nutrition Info
Serving Size: 1 (12 g) Servings Per Recipe: 64
Amt. Per Serving% Daily ValueCalories 61.9 Calories from Fat 3659% Total Fat 4.0g6%

Saturated Fat 2.5g12% Cholesterol 11.2mg3% Sodium 32.2mg1% Total Carbohydrate 5.9g1% Dietary Fiber 0.1g0%

Sugars 2.9 g11% Protein 0.4g0%

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Taste of Home

Cream Wafers Recipe

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD:24 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Sugar

FILLING:

1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
1 drop each red and green food coloring

Directions

1. In a small bowl, beat butter, flour and cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
2. Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar. Prick each cookie 3-4 times with a fork.
3. Bake 7-9 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
4. In a small bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Remove half to another bowl; tint one portion of filling with red food coloring and the other half with green. Carefully spread filling on bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts

1 each: 91 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 59mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this recipe with us this looks simple and tasty.

I will definitely be going to make it for my children.

hope they like it