Cream-Filled Cocoa Sandwiches

Name: Cream-Filled Cocoa Sandwiches
Yield: Makes about 32 sandwiches
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon salt; ½ cup chopped walnuts; 2 teaspoons instant coffee, preferably Instant espresso, Nescafe Brava, or other full-flavored coffee (optional); ¾ cup sugar; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; 2 eggs; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1⅓ cups confectioners’ sugar; 1½ cups flour; 1 teaspoon hot water (optional); 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Makes about
32
sandwiches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

About

“Black” cookies with a white filling (below), “white “ ones filled with black (next recipe). Take your pick—or make both, for an Art Deco look.

Ingredients

Cocoa Cookies

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup

Sandwich
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Cocoa Cookies: Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Meanwhile, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. Lower the mixer speed and add the flour mixture, then the walnuts, mixing just until blended, no longer. Wrap the dough in pl