Sandwiched Sprinkle Cookies

These cute wee things were my contribution to the cookie swap Mel and I attended a couple of weekends ago. They are a melting moment type biscuit covered in sprinkles before baking and sandwiched together with a vanilla buttercream. I also put a few on lollipop sticks and made sprinkle cookie pops!

Ingredients:
Cookies
250 grams butter, softened and cut into cubes
⅓ cup icing sugar, sifted
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
1¾ cups plain flour
⅓ cup cornflour
1 cup sprinkles

Filling
75 grams butter, softened
1-1½ cups icing sugar, sifted
½ teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
Beat butter until light and fluffy in the bowl of an electric mixer or a medium sized mixing bowl.
Sift in icing sugar and add vanilla essence and beat until pale and creamy.
Sift together the flour and cornflour, add to the butter mixture and mix with the beaters on a low speed until just combined and a soft dough has formed.
Place the sprinkles in a shallow bowl or a small plate.
Use a teaspoon to take mixture from the bowl and roll the mixture into small balls.
Place the ball in your sprinkles and use the palm of your hands to press down so that the ball is still at least half a centimetre thick.
Place your cookies on to the prepared baking tray about 5cm apart.
Bake in your preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through.
Cool on baking tray.
To make the filling, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla essence and icing sugar beat  until pale and creamy.
To assemble biscuits, pipe or spoon the icing into the centre of the cookie and sandwich together. If you want to make cookie pops I used some melted white chocolate to attach the lollipop stick and let it set before putting the icing on and sandwiching the cookies together.