13 Filled Cookie Recipes That Are Incredibly Easy and Delicious!
I love these next-level cookies because they only require a few extra steps to make them extraordinary. You get a moist, flavorful, homestyle cookie base with a decadent, complementary filling that tastes way better than store-bought. Whether you’re a traditional vanilla and wafer kind of person or you want to take a tastebud trip to Istanbul with Turkish date-filled semolina cookies, there’s something on this delicious list for you. These recipes will elevate your cookie game and impress anyone who takes a bite!
Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are already a nostalgic treat on their own, with warm flavors like cinnamon and brown sugar in every bite, but when you pair them with buttercream filling with just the right splash of vanilla, they’re heavenly. Plus, there’s plenty of textural interest in every bite, with the oat base of the cookies playing perfectly with the satiny filling.
Carrot Cake Mix Sandwich Cookies
In less than half an hour, you can have freshly baked carrot cake sandwich cookies that rival anything you would find at a high-end bakery. These beauties use an inspired shortcut ingredient: boxed carrot cake mix, and give it a serious glow-up with additional grated carrots, walnuts, oats, warm nutmeg, and cinnamon. Each cookie is filled with a nod to traditional carrot cake frosting, with a rich cream cheese and butter frosting perfectly sweetened with a dollop of vanilla extract and powdered sugar.
Lemon Curd Cookies
These lemon curd cookies are like bright bites of sunshine, loaded with lemony, tart flavor on a pillowy base. Cream cheese is the MVP with these cheery cookies, making the cookie dough ultra-soft and rich. Plus, the base of each cookie gets infused with real lemon juice before getting a delicious dollop of homemade curd. Since lemons are the central ingredient, you’ll want to use fresh lemon juice in the cookie and curd to get a fresh and delightful result.
Chocolate Filled Cookies
Sometimes, just one dose of chocolate isn’t enough, so for those times when you feel like doubling up, chocolate-filled cookies will hit the spot. The exterior cookie has all the familiar flavors of a tremendous chocolatey treat, with surprises like brown sugar for depth and high-quality sea salt to offset the sweetness, making it a sophisticated delight. Paired with a heaping spoonful of Nutella, these cookies are a celebration of flavor, bound to satisfy any serious chocolate urge.
Turkish Date-Filled Semolina Cookies
These elegant cookies are a delicious take on kömbe, date-filled Turkish semolina-based pastries, perfect for special occasions. The combination of cinnamon-scented, buttery dough with a velvety Greek yogurt base and dense dates spiked with bright orange zest is both familiar and unique. The ratio of dates to oranges in the filling is flexible; I prefer more zest for a bright, lovely cookie that’s bound to impress any palate.
Apricot Sugar Cookie Pies
These cookies are just plain adorable, which is a considerable part of their appeal, but they also come together in just over half an hour, making them perfect for a quick summertime treat. The base is your tried-and-true sugar cookie recipe, rich with butter and vanilla. Fill each sugar cookie base with apricot preserves, top with another cookie, and press down the edges to seal. Create cute designs on top; I like to add a few diagonal slits so the apricot peeks through.
Valentine’s Whoopie Pie Cookies
Whether it’s Valentine’s Day or not, these cookies are my secret weapon for making something special for my honey. They are tasty and adorable with red, purple, or pink cookie layers and a swirl of homemade buttercream dipped in sprinkles. You can skip the food coloring and make these with sugar cookies, but the extra step makes them all the more delightful.
Vanilla Sandwich Cookies
For those craving understated sophistication, these vanilla sandwich cookies let high-quality ingredients shine. The cookie base and creamy filling showcase premium vanilla scraped right from the bean. Whether pure or with hints of bitter almond extract and orange zest, each version is a winner.
Gingerbread Crinkle Cookie Sandwiches with Vanilla Bean Frosting
These crinkle cookies are a visual delight, featuring rich gingerbread dough dusted with snowy powdered sugar. Perfect for any time of year, these brown-sugar-based treats are sandwiched with smooth cream cheese vanilla frosting, making them irresistible.
Apple Pie Snickerdoodles
These delightful cookies blend the comforting flavors of snickerdoodle with the classic appeal of apple pie filling. Enjoy the perfect harmony of cinnamon, sugar, and tart apples sandwiched between two soft, sugary snickerdoodle cookies for a treat that’s both warm and gooey with every bite.
Espresso Chai Sandwich Cookies
These sophisticated sandwich cookies feature an espresso shortbread base and creamy chai filling, combining grown-up flavors perfect for a high-end brunch. Quick to make, they require fresh, high-quality espresso and a blend of cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves for an authentic chai taste.
Cream-Filled Peach Cookies
These visually stunning cookies, resembling fresh peaches, feature a tart dough filled with a creamy mixture of apricot jam and dulce de leche. Mayonnaise adds a velvety texture, while Cool Whip lightens the filling for a feathery contrast to the doughy exterior.
Reese’s Crinkle Cookies
A hit with kids and perfect for special occasions, these cookies start with a rich cocoa base accented with salt, peanut butter, and sugars for layered sweetness. Each cookie ball hides half of a miniature peanut butter cup and is rolled in powdered sugar. Quick to make and irresistibly delicious, they outshine any store-bought option and suit both elegant gatherings and family BBQs.
These fabulous filled cookies come together in a snap and are far tastier than anything you can find at the store. Whether you’re seeking an interplay of elegant flavors or a kid-approved option for your next BBQ, we’ve got you covered.
