Enjoy a flavor of spice in these sandwiched cookies – a perfect Moroccan dessert.
Moroccan Spiced Sandwich Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground anise
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped unsalted pistachio nuts
- 3/4 cup vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting (from 1-lb container)

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add powdered sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the orange peel; beat well. Gradually add flour, anise and salt, beating until combined. Stir in nuts. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step2Heat oven to 350°F. On lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch 8-point star-shaped cookie cutter, rerolling dough once. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts 1 inch apart.
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Step3Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until firm to the touch. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.
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Step4In small bowl, mix frosting and remaining 1/2 teaspoon orange peel. For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1 teaspoon frosting on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press together. Let stand until set. Store tightly covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
140
Calories
8g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 140
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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