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      Title: Sweetheart Sandwich Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 Sandwiches
 
    1/4 lb Unsalted butter
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
      2 lg Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 c  Unsweetened cocoa
      2 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
           Filling:
      4 tb Unsalted butter
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      4 c  Confectioner's sugar
           Whipping cream
 
  Preparation time: 1 hour

  To make the cookies, cream the butter with the sugar in a large
  bowl until light. Beat in eggs and vanilla; set aside. Sift the
  cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together. Stir
  the dry ingredients thoroughly into the butter mixture. Cover the
  bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours. Preheat
  the oven to 375°F and butter two cookie sheets. Using a teaspoon
  measure, roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place
  them 2" apart on the sheets. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until
  cookies are puffed and surfaces slightly dry and cracked. Cool on
  racks.
  
  Filling:

  Cream the butter until light. Beat in the vanilla and powdered
  sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the
  consistency is like creamy frosting. When the cookies are complete
  cool, spread about 1/2 tb filling on the bottom of one cookie, then
  top with the bottom side of another cookie.

  Variation:

  For half a batch of vanilla-filled and half a batch of
  peppermint-filled cookies, add 1/8 ts peppermint extract to half
  the filling. Tint the peppermint filling pink or green before
  filling half the sandwiches.

  Recipe by The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson
 
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