Sam's Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe

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My soft, not-too-sweet chocolate cookies are filled with a heavenly cream filling. Kids of all ages devour them! Whenever my family comes to visit, these are the treats they always requests.—Salvatore Bertolino, Indiana, Pennsylvania

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Sam's Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 48 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1 cup hot brewed coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
FILLING:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup 2% milk
1 cup shortening
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the sour cream, coffee and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until firm to touch. Remove to wire racks to cool.
In a small saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. In a large bowl, beat shortening, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add milk mixture; beat until light and fluffy.
Spread 2 teaspoonfuls of filling on the bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 185 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 70 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.

Originally published as Sam's Chocolate Sandwich Cookies in Taste of Home June/July 1999, p47