Description
Indulgent Bailey’s Irish Cream sandwich cookies blend rich chocolate and creamy liqueur. Delicate cocoa-infused wafers embrace a silky Bailey’s buttercream filling that melts deliciously on palates. You’ll savor each luxurious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
Leavening Agents:
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Buttercream and Flavoring:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (for buttercream)
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted (for buttercream)
- 1 tablespoon Bailey’s Irish Cream
- 2 teaspoons Bailey’s Irish Cream (for buttercream)
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Prepare a workspace with baking sheets lined with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl, setting the dry mixture aside for later use.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugars until the mixture becomes pale and airy, ensuring to scrape down the bowl’s sides for even blending.
- Introduce egg and Bailey’s Irish Cream into the butter mixture, blending thoroughly until smooth and well-integrated.
- Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture on low speed, mixing just until combined. Gently incorporate chocolate chips without overmixing.
- Portion cookie dough using a large scoop onto prepared baking sheets, spacing each dollop approximately 2 inches apart to allow spreading during baking.
- Bake cookies for 12 minutes, rotating the sheets midway to ensure uniform golden edges and consistent browning.
- Transfer baked cookies to a wire rack, allowing complete cooling before further assembly.
- Whip room temperature butter with sifted powdered sugar until the buttercream becomes silky and uniform in texture.
- Incorporate Bailey’s Irish Cream into the buttercream, adjusting consistency by adding powdered sugar or additional cream as needed.
- Create cookie sandwiches by piping buttercream onto half of the cooled cookies and gently pressing matching cookies on top.
Notes
- Chill dough before baking to prevent excessive spreading and create thicker, chewier cookies with more defined edges.
- Experiment with different chocolate chip varieties like dark, milk, or white chocolate to customize flavor profiles and match personal preferences.
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smoother mixing and more consistent cookie texture, helping butter and eggs blend seamlessly.
- Reduce Bailey’s for kid-friendly version by substituting with milk or vanilla extract, maintaining the recipe’s core flavor structure while making it more accessible.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Irish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 203
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 21 mg