Pastel Wafers

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 drop food coloring
• 1 tablespoon light cream
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Cut the 6 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of cream over the mixture and toss gently with a fork. Repeat with the remaining cream until all is moistened. Form into a ball.
4. Roll the dough to slightly less than 1/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds with a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Sprinkle one side of each round with sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet, sugar side up.
5. Prick each round in four parallel rows with a fork.
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown. Remove to a rack and cool completely.
7. Make filling as follows. Stir together the powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon softened butter, vanilla, food coloring, and enough of the 1 tablespoon cream to make it spreadable.
8. Spread 1/2 teaspoon of the filling on the flat side of half of the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies, flat side down.

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Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9787/pastel-wafers/ (may not work)