Prep Time::20 mins
Cook Time::10 mins
Total Time::30 mins
Servings::6
Yield::6 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
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Cookies:
1 cup white sugar
½ cup shortening
2 eggs, separated, divided
2 cups all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¾ cup shortening
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
Make the cookies: Beat sugar, shortening, and egg yolks together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to shortening mixture in batches, alternating with milk, beating briefly after each addition until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes; transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
Make the filling: Beat confectioners' sugar, shortening, reserved egg whites, and salt together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
Choose 2 cookies of the same size; spread a thick layer of filling on the flat side of one cookie; top with remaining cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies and frosting.
Editor's Note:
This recipe contains raw egg. We recommend that pregnant women, young children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised do not consume raw egg.
If you don't want to use raw egg white in the filling, leave it out. Substitute 1 whole egg for the 2 egg yolks in the cookie recipe so you don't end up with leftover whites.