Ingredients
Cream together:
⅔ cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
Sift together
4 cups flour
2tsp soda
½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
¾ cup cocoa
Combine:
1 cup milk
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp vanilla
Preparation
Add dry ingredients alternately with liquids into creamed butter and sugar mixture.
Drop onto UNGREASED cookie sheets (I used a ⅛ cup measuring cup a good size)
Bake 4 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven, cool slightly, remove from sheets. Match up pairs of cookies and fill with filling, then wrap with plastic and refrigerate.
FILLING:
Combine in saucepan and cook until thick and smooth:
5 1/2 Tbsp flour
1 cup milk COOL THOROUGHLY
Beat until fluffy:
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Add flour mixture and beat again.
