Pastel Cream Wafers
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup half-and-half or light cream
- Coarse sugar or granulated sugar
- Powdered sugar frosting
- Preheat oven to 375. In a medium mixing bowl cut butter into the flour until pieces are the size of small peas. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the cream over part of mixture. Gently toss with a fork and push to side of bowl. Repeat until all the mixture is moistened. Gently work mixture with hands and shape into a bowl
- On a lightly floured surface roll dough to slightly less than 1/8 inch thick. with a scalloped 1 3/4-inch round cookie cutter, cut out dough. Place coarse sugar into a shallow bowl. Press one side of each cut out into sugar lightly to coat. Place cutouts sugar side up 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. With a fork prick 4 parallel rows in each cutout
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Transfer to a rack until cooled
- Spread about 1 teaspoon Powdered Sugar Frosting on the flat side of half of them cookies. Top with the remaining tops flat side down
- POWDERED SUGAR FROSTING
- In a small bowl combine 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon softened butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1 drop desired colour food colouring, and enough 1/2-and-half or light cream (3 to 4 teaspoons) to make a frosting of spreading consistency Makes about 1/2 cup
cold butter, flour, light cream, sugar, powdered sugar frosting
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pastel-cream-wafers-50012113 (may not work)