Giant Lemon Raspberry Sandwich Cookie

I had an urge to make a giant cookie sandwich.  It just had to be done.  The filling was a bit of a fail though as it was waaaaaaay too firm.  It did, however, make an amazing truffle center...so I'm stoked about that little discovery.  To fix the filling....omit the melted white chocolate....the powdered sugar might need to go up a cup or so, but otherwise it would be workable in that form.

The lemon flavor in the filling really dominated the entire dessert.  I would have done better to do a lemon flavored cookie instead of raspberry to tie it all together....hindsight.  Anywho....much fun putting this together.  Plus I got to play around with Kool-Aid which still makes me giggle.  ;)


Giant Lemon Raspberry Sandwich Cookie

Cookie:
2 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 cup raspberry preserves
12oz semi sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup turbinado sugar
1/3 cup milk chocolate chips

Cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar.  Add in eggs, vanilla, and preserves.  Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt.  Fold in semi sweet chocolate chips.

Divide dough in half.  Spread each half on a parchment covered cookie sheet forming a rough circle. Sprinkle the top of cookies with the turbinado sugar.  Bake at 350 for 18 to 20 minutes, until nicely browned.  Cool on racks.

Filling:
14oz non fat sweetened condensed milk
2 cups powdered sugar
1 envelope Ice Blue Raspberry Lemon Kool-Aid
12oz white chocolate chips

Mix together sweetened condensed milk, Kool-Aid, and powdered sugar.  Melt white chocolate chips in the microwave until smooth.  Mix melted chocolate into milk mixture.  Spread filling between the cookies.

Melt milk chocolate chips in the microwave until smooth.  Spoon into ziplock back with one corner cut off.  Drizzle chocolate across the top of the cookie. Chill until chocolate sets.  Slice into wedges to serve.

A little lookie at the inside...

The light blue color just screams Spring and Easter to me.  ;)  I should have gone with a nice traditional chocolate filling....but sometimes you just want to make something blue...ehehehehe.  Hmmm....maybe some mini chocolate chips in the filling would have helped mesh the flavors together too.