Cookie Recipes - Chocolate Sandwiches 

Ingredients

• 1 cup/150g all-purpose/plain flour

• 1/3 cup/50 g custard powder

• 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

• 1 cup/200 g granulated sugar

• 1 large egg

• superfine sugar, to sprinkle  

• 1/3 cup/50 g Italian Butter cream flavored with cocoa

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Method:

1. Sift the flour, custard powder, cocoa, and salt into a medium bowl.

2. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

3. Add the egg, beating until just blended. Mix in the dry ingredients. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

4. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/ gas 4. Butter two cookie sheets. Roll out to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5 mm). Cut into rectangles.

5. Arrange the cookies 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on the sheets. Prick all over and sprinkle with the superfine sugar.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool completely on the sheets. Stick the cookies together in pairs with the butter cream.