Cute Panda and Bunny Butter Cookie Sandwiches With Chocolate Ganache

Directions

1. Start by chopping up very cold butter, you don’t want it to melt, so keep everything pretty chilled.

2. Combine the butter, flour, egg yolks, vanilla, sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix until a ball of dough forms, try to mix well but not excessively, so the butter doesn’t melt too much.

3. Divide the dough into two balls. Wrap one in plastic wrap. To the other, add the chocolate powder and mix briefly to create a chocolate dough, wrap this one in plastic wrap as well, and place both in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours (so the butter hardens and the flour has time to hydrate).

4. Roll out the dough until it is approximately 1.5 cm thick. Then, using a cutter, cut out the shapes you want, just be sure to have an equal number of each shape so you can assemble the cookies later.

5. Arrange them on a baking sheet, repeat the process with the other dough, and return everything to the refrigerator for an hour to let the cookies firm up.
6. When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 180ºC (356ºF) and prepare a baking sheet lined with non-stick paper.
7. Bake for about 14 minutes until golden, then remove from the oven and let them cool down completely.

8. While the cookies cool down, melt the chocolate with the heavy cream using a double boiler or the microwave (heating in 10-second intervals and stirring to prevent the chocolate from burning, follow the link to know more).

9. Finally, assemble the cookies by spooning a little chocolate ganache onto them and sandwiching a vanilla cookie with a chocolate cookie, or if you want you can use the same type of cookie for just chocolate ones and vanilla ones. All done, enjoy!