Ingredients: |
Ingredients: For the buns:
1 box (12oz) Nilla Wafers (Buy a second box to make sure enough wafers are not crumbled)
For the Hamburger Patties:
About 3 doz slightly larger, round chocolate-covered cookies
For the Shredded Lettuce:
1/2 c shredded coconut (pack it down tightly, before measuring it)
Green food coloring
For the Cheese and the Ketchup:
1/2 c (1 stick) salted butter at room temp
1/4 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
3-1/2 c powdered sugar
Yellow and red food coloring
For the top of the bun:
1/4 c sesame seeds
1 egg white
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Directions: |
Directions:Prepare your "shredded lettuce" first. It will take time to air dry. 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, shake; till the color is evenly distributed. Then 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.
Line a cookie sheet with wax paper & dump the coconut onto it. Spread it out with a spoon as evenly as possible. Let it sit out on the counter till dry, stirring it ever so often.
Once the coconut is dry, it is time to assemble your cookies.
Line another cookie sheet with wax paper. Lay out 40 vanilla wafer, rounded side up.
Making the frosting:
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or simply in a medium-size mixing bowl, combine the milk, butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Beat on low for 2 min with a stand mixer, 3 min for hand-held mixer, or 4 min with a wooden spoon. Mix till frosting is smooth, with no lumps.
Divide the frosting into 2 bowls.
In the first bowl, 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.
In the other bowl, add the red food coloring until it is the color of "ketchup."
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."
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 will stick to the red frosting and let some run out so it can be seen.
Frost the top of the chocolate-covered cookie with the YELLOW frosting. Use just a bit too much so it will drip over the sides of the "hamburger," like melted cheese.
Sprinkle on some of the green coconut "lettuce." It will look more realistic if you let a few strands stick out on the sides.
Clamp on the second vanilla wafer, rounded side up. Now your Mini Cheeseburger Cookie is complete, except for the sesame seeds o the bun.
Repeat, until you run out of "buns" or "hamburgers."
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.
Let the cookies dry thoroughly. Once dry, they will keep just fine in a loosely covered container until it's time to serve them.
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