Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Photo: Kate Sears
How to Make It
Step 1
Make cookies: Arrange racks on bottom and top thirds of oven; preheat to 350ºF. Line two baking sheets with parchment. In a bowl, using an electric mixer on low speed, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually add butter; slowly increase mixer speed to medium. Mixture will look crumbly at first, but continue mixing for about 8 minutes and it will come together in large clumps.
Step 2
Transfer dough to a well-floured work surface and knead briefly, then press into a small rectangle. Cut dough in half. Working with one piece at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a 1 1/2-inch round cutter, cut circles. Gather up scraps, reroll and cut as many cookies as possible. Transfer them to baking sheets.
Step 3
Bake cookies for 6 minutes, then rotate pans (top to bottom and front to back) and bake 6 minutes longer. Remove baking sheets from oven and place on wire racks for a few minutes to cool before transferring cookies to racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
Step 4
Make filling: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter until light and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add salt and confectioners' sugar. Add food coloring, drop by drop, until filling takes on desired pink hue. Transfer filling to a pastry bag. Pipe filling onto half the cookies, then sandwich them together with remaining cookies.
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megmay8's Review
This is a terrible recipe. Followed it exactly but there must be ingredients missing - the dough crumbled, the filling was a disaster, and the nonpereils wouldn't stick. I'm so frustrated that I want to toss it all in the garbage and pretend it never happened. Do not recommend!
mtnmag's Review
I'm guessing there was missing ingredients! Had to add an egg to my dough to actually get it to stick and had to add 1/4 cup shortening to the icing recipe to again, make it stick! Thank goodness for the internet and similar recipes online to save the (Valentine's) day for the kiddies!
LimaBean's Review
Something is missing from the filling ingredients. Mine was all powder, not at all like a cookie filling.
ShirleyChef's Review
Great recipe! Tastes really good, kind of like oreos. I rolled the dough too thin but just cooked them not as long. I had to add a tiny bit of water to the dough while mixing so that it would clump up like the recipe said. You have to add water!
Beth1991's Review