BACK to school TREATS
Cocoa Dunkers with vanilla cream filling
No cookie stamps? No problem! Just roll the dough a bit thinner, use a slightly larger cutter, and bake the cookies a little less since you’re not pressing with a stamp.
Makes about 25 sandwich cookies Total time: 1 1/4 hours + chilling
FOR THE COOKIES, COMBINE:
1/4 cup black cocoa powder
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup hot water
WHISK:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. table salt
CREAM:
1/2 sticks unsalted butter (12 Tbsp.), softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
FOR THE FILLING, BEAT:
2/4 cups1/2 cupshortening1 tsp. pure vanilla extractPinch of salt
