How to Make Hamburger Cookies

Posted by Kerry Saretsky, November 14, 2008 at 1:30 PM

Sometimes there are few things as rewarding as playing with your food. Jenn of justJENN recipes makes these sweet burger bite cookies as whimsical party food. While we've posted about this kind of burger cookie before, Jenn provides a little more direction. Here's how you make them:

First, make the lettuce by tossing shredded coconut with a few drops of green food coloring and water. Make open-faced "burgers" by stacking a York Peppermint Patty on a Nilla wafer and bake for just a minute in a 350°F oven, so the top is a little melty and stick-able. Immediately sprinkle with the "lettuce" and top with another Nilla wafer "bun," pressing down so everything sticks. Then, using a clean finger dipped in water, wet the top of the buns and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Voila: hamburger cookies! Perhaps melted and strained raspberry or strawberry jam would make a good ketchup?

I think hamburger joints around the nation should start giving these out with the check.

Related: Jenn's Domokun Cupcakes

3 Comments

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3 Comments:

I've made a variation of these. In addition to the coconut "lettuce", we colored some white frosting yellow to use as cheese - it also works to stick everything together. I also used one of the Keebler Fudge Shoppe cookies (the caramel-filled, chocolate covered ones) instead of the Peppermint Patty.

trillian42 at 2:11PM on 11/14/08

My fiance thinks that macarons look like tiny hamburgers... hmm. Slider macaron, anyone?

kathryn at 2:33PM on 11/14/08

For cheese - if you're getting fancy - color rolled fondant yellow-orange. =)

akk328 at 2:36PM on 11/14/08

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