Preparation

• 00 In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until just combined. Do not mix until creamed, it should be pasty.
• 01 Add the egg yolk and vani lla and beat until combined. Sift the spices and salt into the mixture and mix until combined.
• 02 Sift in the flours and mix until just combined. Do not overmix. Separate the dough evenly, shape into a flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• 03 Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
• 04 Dust a clean surface with flour, or place dough between parchment paper, and roll out one disk of dough to ¼” thick and cut out the cookies with a cookie cutter. Leave the other disk of dough in the fridge until ready to roll out.
• 05 Carefully place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake for 6 - 8 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool. These will be the bottom half of the cookies.
• 06 Roll out the other disk of dough and cookie cut them with the same cutter, but this time, take a smaller cookie cutter and cut out a window to make the top cookie.
• 07 Carefully place on the baking sheet and bake for 6 - 8 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely then dust with powdered sugar. These will be the top half of the cookies.
• 08 Spread an even layer of Lekkco onto the bottom half cookie and sandwich with the top half cookies, serve and enjoy!