Ingredients
2 package (18-1/4 oz ea) devil's food
1 cake mix
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softend
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softend
3 to 4 cups confectioners'
1 sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 red and/or green food
1 coloring, optional
Directions
In a mixing bowl, beat cake mixes, eggs and oil (batter will be very
stiff). Roll into 1-in. balls; place on ungreased baking sheets and
flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until a
slight indentation remains when lightly touched. Cool. In another
mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter. Add sugar and vanilla; mix
until smooth. If desired, tint with food coloring. Spread on bottom
of half of the cookies. Top with remaining cookies.
Taken from Taste of HOme December/January 1996 issue Formatted by
Susan Sparks/Ssparks1@Delphi.com or Sparkie@gaianet.net
Enjoy!
From: Ssparks1
Servings: 4 dozen
Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Chocolate; Cookie; Dessert; Sandwich
The History of Recipes
We can read the history of written recipes back into the far past, in fact as far back into recorded history as pharonic Egypt, and maybe further still. In practice though, mostly, these early cookbooks were just simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
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