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Valentine Cream Wafers

Create this melt-in-your-mouth memory of a cookie from Betty Crocker's original cookie cookbook.

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Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
Total Time 2 hr 10 min
Servings 44

Ingredients

Wafers

2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1: cup butter, softened

1/3: cup whipping (heavy) cream

: Granulated sugar

Creamy Filling

1 1/2: cups powdered sugar

1/2: cup butter, softened

1: teaspoon vanilla

: Red liquid food color

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Directions

1 In medium bowl, mix flour, 1 cup butter and the whipping cream with spoon. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
2 Heat oven to 375°F. Roll one-third of dough at a time 1/8-inch thick on lightly floured surface. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut with 2 1/4 -inch heart shaped cookie cutter. Generously cover large piece of waxed paper with granulated sugar. Transfer cutouts to waxed paper using pancake turner. Turn each cutout to coat both sides. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Prick each cutout with fork about 4 times.
3 Bake 7 to 9 minutes or just until set but not brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4 Meanwhile, beat powdered sugar and butter until smooth. Add vanilla. Beat until fluffy. Divide frosting into six small bowls. Add the following different amounts of red liquid food color to one of each of the bowls starting with a toothpick, 1 drop, 3 drops, 7 drops, 12 drops and 25 drops to make different shades of pink.
5 For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 teaspoon frosting on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

To make rolled cookies, start with properly chilled dough. Avoid rerolling the dough more than twice to bake the most tender cookies.

Cookies can be made ahead and stored tightly covered in the freezer for later filling and assembly.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 100
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, 4 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 55mg; 55%;
Total Carbohydrate: 10g; 10%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 5g 5% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 2/18/2013 11:51:37 AM REPORT ABUSE grandamakris said:

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I have been making cream wafers for over 40years forfChristmas,I never thought about making them for a different holiday.I found this cookie in the orignal cookie cookbook. I still have it,its falling apart but still use it.Great cookie lite and easy to make

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Posted 2/14/2013 10:55:10 PM REPORT ABUSE cookcali said:

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I thought these would be wonderful but was somewhat disappointed in the end result. They did however, turn out as beautiful as the picture! =) I followed the recipe exactly but the wafers had a slight crispiness to them. Is that right? Looking at the photo and directions I don't think I expected that. And a few wafers I rolled a little to thick. No biggie, as most turned out perfect. When it came time to assemble them, I wanted something more in the pink stuff, filling. So, I added some cream cheese, 1/2 a block, 4 oz. Just looking at these I pictured tasting cream cheese. And that definitely helped but still not quite as yummy as I thought these would be. Maybe with Valentine's Day being the finale of my holiday baking which began in Oct. maybe I'm just baked out. So I may try these once more but definitely WITH Cream Cheese. Everything's better with Cream Cheese! =)

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Posted 2/13/2013 7:46:14 AM REPORT ABUSE MBWillis said:

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A delicious cookie from the always-reliable Betty Crocker. The recipe isn't as time consuming as other reviewers have noted. It takes about two hours of actual work time, but (if followed properly) it results in a melt-in-your mouth cookie with lovely flavor. The only critique I have is that the assembly of the sandwiches is challenging because the cookie is delicate and can easily break.

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