{taste this} quick gingerbread sandwich cookies

Happy Tuesday (or close to it)!  It is definitely happy around here ... because I am off work until the 27th - woo hoo!!  I plan to spend some time cleaning, shopping, organizing, crafting and just hanging out with The Bugs and The Saint.  My to-do list is much more impressive than what I'll actually get done, but that is the beauty of time off, isn't it?!

Between laundry, crafting and watching "my" shows on the DVR, I thought I would take a break to share a quick and easy cookie that is perfect for cold days, snuggling under a blanket with a cup of something warm and a Christmas movie!!  This week's {taste this tuesday} recipe is for quick gingerbread sandwich cookies! 

If you have a favorite gingerbread cookie recipe, then by all means use it ... but I used store bought gingerbread cookies from the Immaculate Baking Co. and HOLY SMOKES are they delicious!  (This is how the "quick" came to be in this recipe, ha ha!) 

While your cookies are cooling, whip up the cinnamon sugar cream cheese filling!!  Using an electric hand mixer, in a large mixing bowl combine the following and mix well:

• 1 package softened cream cheese (regular or reduced fat) - 8 oz.
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• dash of nutmeg
• about 1/8 cup milk

Add a dollop of filling between two cooled gingerbread cookies.  Since the filling contains cream cheese and milk, chill these until they are ready to serve.  The refrigeration also helps the filling set up a bit.   This recipe filled 12 sandwich cookies and there might have been just enough left over to schmear on a toasted bagel, too ;)

This spicy cookie with the sweet and slightly tangy filling is perfect for your cookie exchange, holiday party, neighborhood gift giving ... and I'm pretty sure Santa wouldn't mind finding these on Christmas Eve either!

If you need some ideas on packaging homemade goodies like these sandwich cookies for holiday gift giving (using stuff you probably already have around your home!), check out the pinspired pretty packages party I threw for 22 of my best girl friends - part 1 and part 2!!

Hope you were inspired to {taste this}!!

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays!
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