Categories: Cookies
Ingredients
- The Buns
- **2 (12 ounce) boxes vanilla wafers (2nd box is to make sure there is enough not crumbled)
- The Hamburger Patties
- **3 dozen slightly larger round chocolate-covered cookies
- The Shredded Lettuce
- **1/2 cup shredded coconut
- **green food coloring
- The Cheese and The Ketchup
- **1/2 cup salted butter at room temp
- **1/4 cup milk
- **1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- **16 ounces powdered sugar (this is about 3 1/2 cups)
- **Yellow AND Red food coloring
- Note: A very good substitute for the cheese and ketchup can be 2 cans of plain white frosting colored Red and Yellow. Takes a little longer to set firm but saves work.
- The Top Bun
- **1/4 cup sesame seeds
- **1 egg white---or rub honey on top.
Directions
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Prepare the “shredded lettuce” first. It will take time to air dry.
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Dump your coconut into a large Ziploc bag. Hold the bag open and drop in 3 drops of green food coloring. Close it tightly and shake, shake and shake it till the color is evenly distributed.
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If it is not quite the color of lettuce, add more green food coloring*a few drops at a time until you decide it is the color of lettuce.
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Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and dump the coconut onto it.Spread it out with a spoon as evenly as possible. Let it sit out onthe counter (or on top of the fridge if you have nosey cats) till dry, stirring it ever so often.
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Once the coconut is dry, it is time to assemble*your cookies.
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Line another cookie sheet with wax paper. Lay out 40 vanilla wafers, rounded side up.*
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Frosting*
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, or simply in a medium-size mixing bowl, combine the milk,butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar, If you’re using a stand mixer, beat on LOW for 2 minutes. If you’re using a handheld mixer, beat on LOW for 3 minutes. If you’remixing by hand, use a wooden spoon and beat like crazy for 4 minutes, or until the frosting is smooth, with no lumps. (This is the best one, but easier and quicker is using commercial cans of frosting.)
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Divide*the frosting into 2 bowls.*
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Into the one put 3 drops of yellow food coloring. Mix this well, and if it is not a bright yellow, add more food coloring. This will be your “melting cheese” on the cheeseburgers.*
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In the other bowl add the red food coloring until it is the color of “Ketchup”. *
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With a rubber spatula put a layer of RED frosting on each rounded side of the wafers. Pile it up around the rims of the wafers so it will form the flat beds for the “hamburgers.”
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Place a chocolate-covered cookie, face up, on top of the red frosting on the wafer. Press the chocolate-covered cookie down slightly so it’ll stick to the red frosting and let some run out so it can be seen.
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Frost the top of the chocolate-covered cookie with the YELLOW frosting. Use just a bit too much so it’ll drip over the sides of the “hamburger” like melted cheese.*(+Here I just frost the underside of the top cookie and mash it down on the "green lettuce, works easier that way for me+)
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Sprinkle on some of the green coconut “lettuce.” It’ll look more realistic if you let a few strands stick out on the sides.*
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Clamp on the second vanilla wafer, rounded side up. Now your Mini Cheeseburger Cookie is complete, except for the sesame seeds on the bun.
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Repeat until you run out of “buns” or “hamburgers.”
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Whip up the egg white in a small bowl. Use a pastry brush to brush the tops of the vanilla wafers. Sprinkle on a few sesame seeds, and you’re finished. Or use a little bit of honey if anyone is allergic to eggs.
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Let the cookies dry thoroughly. Once dry, they will keep just fine in a loosely covered container until it’s time to serve them.