Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with Marshmallow Cream Filling |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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Stuff homemade chocolate sandwich cookies with a sweet marshmallow cream filling for a delicious dessert that's lighter than it tastes. Ingredients:
1 cup sugar |
5 tablespoons butter, softened |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 large eggs |
2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces) |
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 cup fat-free buttermilk |
cooking spray |
1 envelope unflavored gelatin (about 2 1/2 teaspoons) |
3/4 cup cold water, divided |
1/2 cup sugar |
1/4 cup light-colored corn syrup |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. To prepare cookies, combine 1 cup sugar and butter in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 2 minutes). Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and eggs; beat until combined. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, 1 teaspoon salt, baking powder, and baking soda; stir well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
3. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
4. To prepare filling, sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water in a large bowl; set aside. Combine remaining 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup sugar, syrup, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer registers 244°. Remove from heat. Gradually pour hot sugar syrup into softened gelatin mixture, beating with a mixer at low speed, then at high speed until thick (about 6 minutes), scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well blended.
5. Quickly spread about 2 tablespoons filling over bottom side of 1 cookie; top with another cookie. Repeat procedure with remaining filling and cookies.
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