Spice Cookie Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup butter flavored shortening
• 2 eggs
• 14 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 2 12 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 14 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream brown sugar and shortening together in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, mix eggs, milk, and vanilla.
4. In a medium bowl, mix spices, flour, and baking soda.
5. Alternate mixing the dry and the wet ingredients into the sugar and shortening mixture to form a wet dough.
6. Refrigerate for approximately 30 minutes.
7. Form small teaspoon sized doughballs (about the diameter of a quarter) with your hands and roll around in a bowl of granulated sugar to cover cookie.
8. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 9 minutes.
9. While cookies are chilling, cream together all remaining ingredients to make the frosting.
10. Once cookies are out of the oven, let cool for 15 minutes.
11. Then put a quarter sized dollop of cream cheese frosting between two like sized cookies to form a sandwich.
12. Once all cookies are sandwiched, drizzle remaining frosting over the top of all cookies.