devil dogs

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• cream together butter and 1 cup sugar, add egg. sift together 2 cups flour, cocoa, soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt and baking powder. add vanilla and milk.
• drop by tablespoon full ungreased cookie sheet and bake 7-8 minutes at 425 degrees f (220 degrees c). cool completely and make sandwiches using following filling.
• to make filling: combine 2 1/2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup milk and cook until it turns to thick paste. cool completely.
• cream together the 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup shortening, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. add cooled paste and beat until fluffy. (this will take awhile and if your paste is not completely cooled it will look curdled. ) i usually double this recipe for the filling.