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Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

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Chocolate Sandwich CookiesLisa Weatherbee

These otherwise simple cookies have a big "wow" factor. They're addictive, but not in the same way as a certain famous chocolate sandwich cookie. Eating an entire sleeve of those cookies makes me feel vaguely ashamed. But baking and then eating a bunch of these, the homemade gluten-free version, makes me feel clever, ingenious even.

Shoestring Savings

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
On a shoestring: $5.28 for 30 cookies
If you bought it: $7.50 for 30 cookies

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 30 cookies

Ingredients

1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 1/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1-1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. In a large bowl, mix the butter, shortening, and vanilla until well blended. Add the first 1 cup of confectioner's sugar and stir until the sugar is incorporated completely into the butter mixture. The filling should be thick and stiff. Add more confectioner's sugar, one tablespoon at a time, to reach the desired consistency.

    Step 2

    2. Place one-half of the chocolate wafer cookies upside down on a level surface. Divide the filling among the cookies and flatten with wet hands or a spoon. Place the other half of the cookies right side up on top of the filling and press down gently to create sandwich cookies.

From the book Gluten-Free on a Shoestring by Nicole Hunn. Reprinted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2011
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