joe louis

Ingredients

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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f ( 175 degrees c ).
• in a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. add the egg yolks, and vanilla; mix well. stir in the milk. sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture. drop by teaspoonfuls a cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes. remove from pan to cool on a wire rack.
• to make the icing, combine the 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup of shortening, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer. when the cookies are cool, make sandwiches out of 2 cookies with icing in between.