Cookie Recipe
1 package devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 - cup oil
(or butter flavored shortening)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Add oil and eggs to cake mix and blend together. Roll dough into balls (a little larger than a quarter). Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on sheet (until warm). Remove cookies from sheet and place on cooling rack.To assemble the cookies, in a pastry bag with a 1/2 inch, round tip (you can always use a zip lock bag with a round tip or just use a butter knife)add about a tablespoon of filling into the center of one cookie. Place another cookie similar in size on top of the filling. Lightly press, to work the filling evenly to the outsides of the cookie. Continue this process until all the cookies have been sandwiched with cream.
Cream Cheese Filling Recipe:
1 - stick butter (1/2 cup)
1 - 8oz package philly cream cheese or generic
3-4 cups - confectioner's sugar (depending on desired consistency)
1 - tsp vanilla extract
Cream butter and add cream cheese and mix well. Add confectioner's sugar slowly until you reach your desired consistency.
Vanilla Cream Filling Recipe:
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1/4 - cup vegetable shortening
2 - 3 - cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 - teaspoons vanilla extract
Cream butter and shortening together. Add add vanilla extract and confectioner's sugar slowly until you reach your desired consistency. If you want mint icing use peppermint extract instead of vanilla.
