Mascarpone Cookies With Ganache Filling

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Sugar
• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream
• 6 (1-ounce) squares bittersweet baking chocolate
• 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes Butter

1. Combine sugar and 1/2 cup butter in bowl.
2. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
3. Add egg, mascarpone cheese and almond flavoring; continue beating until well mixed.
4. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
5. Divide dough in half.
6. Shape each into disk; flatten slightly.
7. Wrap each half in plastic food wrap.
8. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
9. Heat oven to 375F.
10. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8-inch thickness.
11. Cut with 1 3/4-inch cookie cutter.
12. Cut a 3/4-inch shape from center of half of cookies.
13. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
14. Sprinkle cookies with cut-out center with sugar.
15. Bake 6-8 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
16. Transfer to cooling rack.
17. Cool completely.
18. Place whipping cream in 1-quart saucepan.
19. Cook over low heat until bubbles form around outside edge.
20. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter until smooth.
21. Pour into small bowl; place small bowl into larger bowl of ice water.
22. Stir occasionally 15 minutes or until slightly thickened.
23. Remove bowl from ice water.
24. Spoon about 1 teaspoon filling onto bottom side of cookies without cut-outs.
25. Top with cookie with cut-out center, sugar-side up.
26. Let stand until filling is set.

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Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1469/mascarpone-cookies-with-ganache-filling (may not work)