Name: Malted Milk Sandwich Cookies
Yield: Yield: about 30 Sandwich Cookies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 eggs; ⅓ cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon light rum; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, cut into small chunks, at room temperature; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3¼ cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted; 5 ounces vegetable shortening, at room temperature; 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 cup granulated sugar; ¾ cup malt powder

Preparation info

Yield: about
30
Sandwich Cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Baked Explorations

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

About

There is a treasure trove of a bookstore in new york city called bonnie slot-nick cookbooks. It is a local bookshop filtered through a West Village lens: small, quaint, very knowledgeable staff of one, odd hours, well stocked. Better yet, it trades largely in vintage cookbooks. Luckily, Bonnie lets customers browse (though I always buy more than I need), and it was during such a session that I made an important discovery. Malt powder, one of my favorite ingredients, was a star in vintage co