Burger Cookies

 

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands;

you need to be able to throw something back."

-- Maya Angelou

These burger cookies need to be a side at your next BBQ meal. They are a sweet treat after a satisfying grilled meal. Totally kid-friendly. And easy from start to finish with only 15 minutes to put them together. It's good to look ahead for your planning though to make sure you have a box of Nilla Wafers and Keebler Grasshopper Mint Fudge Cookies on hand. The Nilla Wafers are perfect for the bun and the Fudge Cookies have a rippled edge like a hamburger.  

Side Note: I've had this recipe so long I wouldn't even know who to credit but I do know the recipe is from the 80's. My children loved it.  

Ingredients:

• 1 package Keebler Grasshopper Mint Cookies
• 1 box Nilla Wafers
• 1 can Vanilla frosting 
• Sesame seeds
• Food coloring -red and yellow
• 1 egg white

Directions: 

• You will need two bowls, 2 spoons, and 2 knives and a large sheet of wax paper. 
• In each bowl place about 1/3-1/2 of the can content into it.  Color each frosting mixture with yellow for mustard and red for ketchup. I did find I needed a lot of red to achieve the ketchup color. Do one burger cookie at a time.
• Frost generously with yellow on one flat side of nilla wafer. With frosting side up place a fudge cookie on top. Then frost another flat side of the nilla wafer with red frosting. Place all three cookies together and lightly squeeze to have frosting ooze on the side and to look like a hamburger with condiments on.   

• Hand whip egg white until frothy. Lightly brush top of cookie and sprinkle sesame seeds.